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ReviewClinical & translational immunology2017

Embracing the gut microbiota: the new frontier for inflammatory and infectious diseases.

Lieke Wj van den Elsen, Hazel C Poyntz, Laura S Weyrich, Wayne Young, Elizabeth E Forbes-Blom

Registry-linked trialOpen access · goldAbstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review in Clinical & translational immunology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06606951 (Effect Of Probiotics Supplementation on Outcome Of Malnourished Children Admitted at Assiut University Children's Hospital), which is not on this map. Cited by 58 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
58citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
6.9field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT06606951 not yet recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2025, after this paper: background citation

Effect Of Probiotics Supplementation on Outcome Of Malnourished Children Admitted at Assiut University Children's Hospital

Typeobservational_patient_registrySponsorAssiut UniversityRan2025 to 2026Enrolled102ConditionsMalnourished Children
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

58 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 126 citations in OpenAlex.

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  13. Gut microbes improve prognosis ofFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2024
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  18. Frontiers in nutrition · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Lieke Wj van den ElsenMalaghan Institute of Medical Research , Wellington, New Zealand.
Hazel C PoyntzMalaghan Institute of Medical Research , Wellington, New Zealand.
Laura S WeyrichAustralian Centre for Ancient DNA, Department of Genetics and Evolution, The University of Adelaide , Adelaide, SA, Australia.
Wayne YoungAgResearch Grasslands , Palmerston North, New Zealand.
Elizabeth E Forbes-BlomMalaghan Institute of Medical Research , Wellington, New Zealand.
Malaghan Institute of Medical Research · NZAgResearch · NZThe University of Adelaide · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The gut microbiota provides essential signals for the development and appropriate function of the immune system. Through this critical contribution to immune fitness, the gut microbiota has a key role in health and disease. Recent advances in the technological applications to study microbial communities and their functions have contributed to a rapid increase in host-microbiota research. Although it still remains difficult to define a so-called 'normal' or 'healthy' microbial composition, alterations in the gut microbiota have been shown to influence the susceptibility of the host to different diseases. Current translational research combined with recent technological and computational advances have enabled in-depth study of the link between microbial composition and immune function, addressing the interplay between the gut microbiota and immune responses. As such, beneficial modulation of the gut microbiota is a promising clinical target for many prevalent diseases including inflammatory bowel disease, metabolic abnormalities such as obesity, reduced insulin sensitivity and low-grade inflammation, allergy and protective immunity against infections.

Identifiers

PMID28197336
PMCPMC5292562
OpenAlexW2576197352

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