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ReviewCell2017

Gut-Brain Cross-Talk in Metabolic Control.

Christoffer Clemmensen, Timo D Müller, Stephen C Woods, Hans-Rudolf Berthoud, Randy J Seeley, Matthias H Tschöp

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Review in Cell, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 140 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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140citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

140 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  12. GLP-1 physiology and pharmacology along the gut-brain axis.The Journal of clinical investigation · 2026
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  19. Insular cortex predictions regulate glucose homeostasis.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025
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80 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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

6 authors.

Christoffer ClemmensenInstitute for Diabetes and Obesity, Helmholtz Diabetes Center & German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD), Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health (GmbH), 85764 Neuherberg, Germany; Division of Metabolic Diseases, Department of Medicine, Technische Universität München, 80333 Munich, Germany.
Timo D MüllerInstitute for Diabetes and Obesity, Helmholtz Diabetes Center & German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD), Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health (GmbH), 85764 Neuherberg, Germany; Division of Metabolic Diseases, Department of Medicine, Technische Universität München, 80333 Munich, Germany.
Stephen C WoodsDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45220, USA.
Hans-Rudolf BerthoudPennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University System, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA.
Randy J SeeleyDepartments of Surgery, Internal Medicine, and Nutritional Sciences at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
Matthias H TschöpInstitute for Diabetes and Obesity, Helmholtz Diabetes Center & German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD), Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health (GmbH), 85764 Neuherberg, Germany; Division of Metabolic Diseases, Department of Medicine, Technische Universität München, 80333 Munich, Germany. Electronic address: tschoep@helmholtz-muenchen.de.

Funding

Regional Pilot And Feasibility Study Grants ProgramP30DK020572 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI Mehboob A Hussain · 2013 to 2026
$24.3M
Neural mechanisms controlling food intake and body weight after bariatric surgeryR01DK047348 · NIDDK · LSU PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CTR · PI BERTHOUD, HANS-RUDOLF · 1994 to 2018
$5.0M
Molecular mechanism for bariatric surgery on obesity and diabetesR01DK107652 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI SEELEY, RANDY J · 2016 to 2018
$1.4M
European Research Council 695054NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK020572NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK047348NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK107652
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Because human energy metabolism evolved to favor adiposity over leanness, the availability of palatable, easily attainable, and calorically dense foods has led to unprecedented levels of obesity and its associated metabolic co-morbidities that appear resistant to traditional lifestyle interventions. However, recent progress identifying the molecular signaling pathways through which the brain and the gastrointestinal system communicate to govern energy homeostasis, combined with emerging insights on the molecular mechanisms underlying successful bariatric surgery, gives reason to be optimistic that novel precision medicines that mimic, enhance, and/or modulate gut-brain signaling can have unprecedented potential for stopping the obesity and type 2 diabetes pandemics.

Indexed as

Energy MetabolismAnimalsAppetite RegulationBrainGastrointestinal TractHomeostasisHumansNeural PathwaysPleasureSatiationappetitebariatric surgerybraindiabetesenergy balancegutmetabolic syndromeobesitypharmacologysatiety

Identifiers

PMID28235194
PMCPMC5839146

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