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ReviewFrontiers in microbiology2017

Human Gut Microbiota: Toward an Ecology of Disease.

Susannah Selber-Hnatiw, Belise Rukundo, Masoumeh Ahmadi, Hayfa Akoubi, Hend Al-Bizri, Adelekan F Aliu, Tanyi U Ambeaghen, Lilit Avetisyan, Irmak Bahar, Alexandra Baird and 93 more

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Review in Frontiers in microbiology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 80 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
80citing papers in PubMed, 1 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

80 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  17. Memory Reflections of the Microbiota-Gut and Oligodendrocyte Axis.CNS & neurological disorders drug targets · 2024
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20 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

103 authors.

Susannah Selber-HnatiwDepartment of Biology, Concordia UniversityMontréal, QC, Canada.
Belise RukundoDepartment of Biology, Concordia UniversityMontréal, QC, Canada.
Masoumeh AhmadiDepartment of Biology, Concordia UniversityMontréal, QC, Canada.
Hayfa AkoubiDepartment of Biology, Concordia UniversityMontréal, QC, Canada.
Hend Al-BizriDepartment of Biology, Concordia UniversityMontréal, QC, Canada.
Adelekan F AliuDepartment of Biology, Concordia UniversityMontréal, QC, Canada.
Tanyi U AmbeaghenDepartment of Biology, Concordia UniversityMontréal, QC, Canada.
Lilit AvetisyanDepartment of Biology, Concordia UniversityMontréal, QC, Canada.
Irmak BaharDepartment of Biology, Concordia UniversityMontréal, QC, Canada.
Alexandra BairdDepartment of Biology, Concordia UniversityMontréal, QC, Canada.
Fatema BegumDepartment of Biology, Concordia UniversityMontréal, QC, Canada.
Hélène Ben SoussanDepartment of Biology, Concordia UniversityMontréal, QC, Canada.
Virginie Blondeau-ÉthierDepartment of Biology, Concordia UniversityMontréal, QC, Canada.
Roxane BordariesDepartment of Biology, Concordia UniversityMontréal, QC, Canada.
Helene BramwellDepartment of Biology, Concordia UniversityMontréal, QC, Canada.
Alicia BriggsDepartment of Biology, Concordia UniversityMontréal, QC, Canada.
Richard BuiDepartment of Biology, Concordia UniversityMontréal, QC, Canada.
Matthew CarnevaleDepartment of Biology, Concordia UniversityMontréal, QC, Canada.
Marisa ChancharoenDepartment of Biology, Concordia UniversityMontréal, QC, Canada.
Talia ChevassusDepartment of Biology, Concordia UniversityMontréal, QC, Canada.
Jin H ChoiDepartment of Biology, Concordia UniversityMontréal, QC, Canada.
Karyne CoulombeDepartment of Biology, Concordia UniversityMontréal, QC, Canada.
Florence CouvretteDepartment of Biology, Concordia UniversityMontréal, QC, Canada.
Samantha D'AbreauDepartment of Biology, Concordia UniversityMontréal, QC, Canada.
Meghan DaviesDepartment of Biology, Concordia UniversityMontréal, QC, Canada.
Marie-Pier DesbiensDepartment of Biology, Concordia UniversityMontréal, QC, Canada.
Tamara Di MauloDepartment of Biology, Concordia UniversityMontréal, QC, Canada.
Sean-Anthony Di PaoloDepartment of Biology, Concordia UniversityMontréal, QC, Canada.
Sabrina Do PonteDepartment of Biology, Concordia UniversityMontréal, QC, Canada.
Priscyla Dos Santos RibeiroDepartment of Biology, Concordia UniversityMontréal, QC, Canada.
Laure-Anne Dubuc-KanaryDepartment of Biology, Concordia UniversityMontréal, QC, Canada.
Paola K DuncanDepartment of Biology, Concordia UniversityMontréal, QC, Canada.
Frédérique DupuisDepartment of Biology, Concordia UniversityMontréal, QC, Canada.
Sara El-NounouDepartment of Biology, Concordia UniversityMontréal, QC, Canada.
Christina N EyangosDepartment of Biology, Concordia UniversityMontréal, QC, Canada.
Natasha K FergusonDepartment of Biology, Concordia UniversityMontréal, QC, Canada.
Nancy R Flores-ChinchillaDepartment of Biology, Concordia UniversityMontréal, QC, Canada.
Tanya FotakisDepartment of Biology, Concordia UniversityMontréal, QC, Canada.
Mariam Gado Oumarou H DDepartment of Biology, Concordia UniversityMontréal, QC, Canada.
Metodi GeorgievDepartment of Biology, Concordia UniversityMontréal, QC, Canada.
Seyedehnazanin GhiassyDepartment of Biology, Concordia UniversityMontréal, QC, Canada.
Natalija GlibeticDepartment of Biology, Concordia UniversityMontréal, QC, Canada.
Julien Grégoire BouchardDepartment of Biology, Concordia UniversityMontréal, QC, Canada.
Tazkia HassanDepartment of Biology, Concordia UniversityMontréal, QC, Canada.
Iman HuseenDepartment of Biology, Concordia UniversityMontréal, QC, Canada.
Marlon-Francis Ibuna QuilatanDepartment of Biology, Concordia UniversityMontréal, QC, Canada.
Tania IozzoDepartment of Biology, Concordia UniversityMontréal, QC, Canada.
Safina IslamDepartment of Biology, Concordia UniversityMontréal, QC, Canada.
Dilan B JaunkyDepartment of Biology, Concordia UniversityMontréal, QC, Canada.
Aniththa JeyasegaramDepartment of Biology, Concordia UniversityMontréal, QC, Canada.
Marc-André JohnstonDepartment of Biology, Concordia UniversityMontréal, QC, Canada.
Matthew R KahlerDepartment of Biology, Concordia UniversityMontréal, QC, Canada.
Kiranpreet KalerDepartment of Biology, Concordia UniversityMontréal, QC, Canada.
Cedric KamaniDepartment of Biology, Concordia UniversityMontréal, QC, Canada.
Hessam Karimian RadDepartment of Biology, Concordia UniversityMontréal, QC, Canada.
Elisavet KonidisDepartment of Biology, Concordia UniversityMontréal, QC, Canada.
Filip KoniecznyDepartment of Biology, Concordia UniversityMontréal, QC, Canada.
Sandra KurianowiczDepartment of Biology, Concordia UniversityMontréal, QC, Canada.
Philippe LamotheDepartment of Biology, Concordia UniversityMontréal, QC, Canada.
Karina LegrosDepartment of Biology, Concordia UniversityMontréal, QC, Canada.
Sebastien LerouxDepartment of Biology, Concordia UniversityMontréal, QC, Canada.
Jun LiDepartment of Biology, Concordia UniversityMontréal, QC, Canada.
Monica E Lozano RodriguezDepartment of Biology, Concordia UniversityMontréal, QC, Canada.
Sean Luponio-YoffeDepartment of Biology, Concordia UniversityMontréal, QC, Canada.
Yara MaaloufDepartment of Biology, Concordia UniversityMontréal, QC, Canada.
Jessica ManthaDepartment of Biology, Concordia UniversityMontréal, QC, Canada.
Melissa McCormickDepartment of Biology, Concordia UniversityMontréal, QC, Canada.
Pamela MondragonDepartment of Biology, Concordia UniversityMontréal, QC, Canada.
Thivaedee NarayanaDepartment of Biology, Concordia UniversityMontréal, QC, Canada.
Elizaveta NeretinDepartment of Biology, Concordia UniversityMontréal, QC, Canada.
Thi T T NguyenDepartment of Biology, Concordia UniversityMontréal, QC, Canada.
Ian NiuDepartment of Biology, Concordia UniversityMontréal, QC, Canada.
Romeo B NkemazemDepartment of Biology, Concordia UniversityMontréal, QC, Canada.
Martin O'DonovanDepartment of Biology, Concordia UniversityMontréal, QC, Canada.
Matthew OueisDepartment of Biology, Concordia UniversityMontréal, QC, Canada.
Stevens PaquetteDepartment of Biology, Concordia UniversityMontréal, QC, Canada.
Nehal PatelDepartment of Biology, Concordia UniversityMontréal, QC, Canada.
Emily PecsiDepartment of Biology, Concordia UniversityMontréal, QC, Canada.
Jackie PetersDepartment of Biology, Concordia UniversityMontréal, QC, Canada.
Annie PettorelliDepartment of Biology, Concordia UniversityMontréal, QC, Canada.
Cassandra PoirierDepartment of Biology, Concordia UniversityMontréal, QC, Canada.
Victoria R PompaDepartment of Biology, Concordia UniversityMontréal, QC, Canada.
Harshvardhan RajenDepartment of Biology, Concordia UniversityMontréal, QC, Canada.
Reginald-Olivier RalphDepartment of Biology, Concordia UniversityMontréal, QC, Canada.
Josué Rosales-VasquezDepartment of Biology, Concordia UniversityMontréal, QC, Canada.
Daria RubinshteinDepartment of Biology, Concordia UniversityMontréal, QC, Canada.
Surya SakrDepartment of Biology, Concordia UniversityMontréal, QC, Canada.
Mohammad S SebaiDepartment of Biology, Concordia UniversityMontréal, QC, Canada.
Lisa SerravalleDepartment of Biology, Concordia UniversityMontréal, QC, Canada.
Fily SidibeDepartment of Biology, Concordia UniversityMontréal, QC, Canada.
Ahnjana SinnathuraiDepartment of Biology, Concordia UniversityMontréal, QC, Canada.
Dominique SohoDepartment of Biology, Concordia UniversityMontréal, QC, Canada.
Adithi SundarakrishnanDepartment of Biology, Concordia UniversityMontréal, QC, Canada.
Veronika SvistkovaDepartment of Biology, Concordia UniversityMontréal, QC, Canada.
Tsolaye E UgbeyeDepartment of Biology, Concordia UniversityMontréal, QC, Canada.
Megan S VasconcelosDepartment of Biology, Concordia UniversityMontréal, QC, Canada.
Michael VincelliDepartment of Biology, Concordia UniversityMontréal, QC, Canada.
Olga VoitovichDepartment of Biology, Concordia UniversityMontréal, QC, Canada.
Pamela VrabelDepartment of Biology, Concordia UniversityMontréal, QC, Canada.
Lu WangDepartment of Biology, Concordia UniversityMontréal, QC, Canada.
Maryse WasfiDepartment of Biology, Concordia UniversityMontréal, QC, Canada.
Cong Y ZhaDepartment of Biology, Concordia UniversityMontréal, QC, Canada.
Chiara GamberiDepartment of Biology, Concordia UniversityMontréal, QC, Canada.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Composed of trillions of individual microbes, the human gut microbiota has adapted to the uniquely diverse environments found in the human intestine. Quickly responding to the variances in the ingested food, the microbiota interacts with the host via reciprocal biochemical signaling to coordinate the exchange of nutrients and proper immune function. Host and microbiota function as a unit which guards its balance against invasion by potential pathogens and which undergoes natural selection. Disturbance of the microbiota composition, or dysbiosis, is often associated with human disease, indicating that, while there seems to be no unique optimal composition of the gut microbiota, a balanced community is crucial for human health. Emerging knowledge of the ecology of the microbiota-host synergy will have an impact on how we implement antibiotic treatment in therapeutics and prophylaxis and how we will consider alternative strategies of global remodeling of the microbiota such as fecal transplants. Here we examine the microbiota-human host relationship from the perspective of the microbial community dynamics.

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diseasedysbiosisgut ecologyhost-microbe interactionshuman gut microbiota

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PMID28769880
PMCPMC5511848

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