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SynthesisNutrients2017

The Effect of Bifidobacterium animalis ssp. lactis HN019 on Cellular Immune Function in Healthy Elderly Subjects: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Larry E Miller, Liisa Lehtoranta, Markus J Lehtinen

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In one paragraph

Synthesis in Nutrients, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
34citing papers in PubMed
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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

34 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Effect of Heat-TreatedNutrients · 2024
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  7. Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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  12. Exploring the Relationship between the Gut Microbiota and Ageing: A Possible Age Modulator.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023
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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

3 authors.

Larry E MillerMiller Scientific Consulting, Inc., 1854 Hendersonville Road, #231, Asheville, NC 28803, USA. larry@millerscientific.com.
Liisa LehtorantaDuPont Nutrition and Health, Sokeritehtaantie 20, Kantvik 02460, Finland. Liisa.Lehtoranta@dupont.com.
Markus J LehtinenDuPont Nutrition and Health, Sokeritehtaantie 20, Kantvik 02460, Finland. Markus.Lehtinen@dupont.com.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Elderly people have increased susceptibility to infections and cancer that are associated with decline in cellular immune function. The objective of this work was to determine the efficacy of

Indexed as

Bifidobacterium animalisImmunity, CellularAgedHealthy VolunteersHumansKiller Cells, NaturalNeutrophilsNon-Randomized Controlled Trials as TopicPhagocytesProbioticsRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicagingBifidobacteriumelderlyimmunityprobiotic

Identifiers

PMID28245559
PMCPMC5372854

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