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ArticlemBio2017

Microbial Metabolic Networks at the Mucus Layer Lead to Diet-Independent Butyrate and Vitamin B

Clara Belzer, Loo Wee Chia, Steven Aalvink, Bhawani Chamlagain, Vieno Piironen, Jan Knol, Willem M de Vos

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Article in mBio, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 246 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
246citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
12.1field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
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

246 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 413 citations in OpenAlex.

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  16. Fasting primes small intestinal regeneration after damage via a microbiome-metabolite-chromatin axis.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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186 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

7 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Clara BelzerLaboratory of Microbiology, Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands clara.belzer@wur.nl.
Loo Wee ChiaLaboratory of Microbiology, Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
Steven AalvinkLaboratory of Microbiology, Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
Bhawani ChamlagainDepartment of Food and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
Vieno PiironenDepartment of Food and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
Jan KnolLaboratory of Microbiology, Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
Willem M de VosLaboratory of Microbiology, Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
Wageningen University & Research · NLUniversity of Helsinki · FI

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

DietMetabolic Networks and PathwaysSymbiosisBacteria, AnaerobicButyratesColonEubacteriumFaecalibacteriumGastrointestinal MicrobiomeHumansIntestinal MucosaMicrobial InteractionsMucusPolysaccharidesPropionatesPropylene GlycolButyratesPolysaccharidesPropionatesPropylene GlycolVitamin B 12Akkermansia muciniphilaanaerobesbutyratecross-feedingintestinemicrobiomemucussyntrophy

Identifiers

PMID28928206
PMCPMC5605934
OpenAlexW2755336277

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Registered trials

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