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ReviewMediators of inflammation2018

Gut Microbiota-Immune System Crosstalk and Pancreatic Disorders.

D Pagliari, A Saviano, E E Newton, M L Serricchio, A A Dal Lago, A Gasbarrini, R Cianci

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Review in Mediators of inflammation, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 48 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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48citing papers in PubMed, 3 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

48 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  3. Microbiome changes associated with acute and chronic pancreatitis: A systematic review.Pancreatology : official journal of the International Association of Pancreatology (IAP) ... [et al.] · 2021
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  5. Reduction of inflammation in chronic pancreatitis using a soy bread intervention: A feasibility study.Pancreatology : official journal of the International Association of Pancreatology (IAP) ... [et al.] · 2020
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  6. The Roles of Gut Microbiota in the Pathogenesis of Acute Pancreatitis.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2026
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  17. The role of GABA in type 1 diabetes.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2024
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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

7 authors.

D PagliariDepartment of Gastroenterology, Pancreatic Unit, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart School of Medicine, Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-1235-2276
A SavianoDepartment of Gastroenterology, Pancreatic Unit, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart School of Medicine, Rome, Italy.
E E NewtonCytoCure LLC, Beverly, MA, USA.
M L SerricchioDepartment of Gastroenterology, Pancreatic Unit, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart School of Medicine, Rome, Italy.
A A Dal LagoDepartment of Gastroenterology, Pancreatic Unit, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart School of Medicine, Rome, Italy.
A GasbarriniDepartment of Gastroenterology, Pancreatic Unit, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart School of Medicine, Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-4863-6924
R CianciDepartment of Internal Medicine, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart School of Medicine, Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-5378-8442

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Gut microbiota is key to the development and modulation of the mucosal immune system. It plays a central role in several physiological functions, in the modulation of inflammatory signaling and in the protection against infections. In healthy states, there is a perfect balance between commensal and pathogens, and microbiota and the immune system interact to maintain gut homeostasis. The alteration of such balance, called dysbiosis, determines an intestinal bacterial overgrowth which leads to the disruption of the intestinal barrier with systemic translocation of pathogens. The pancreas does not possess its own microbiota, and it is believed that inflammatory and neoplastic processes affecting the gland may be linked to intestinal dysbiosis. Increasing research evidence testifies a correlation between intestinal dysbiosis and various pancreatic disorders, but it remains unclear whether dysbiosis is the cause or an effect. The analysis of specific alterations in the microbiome profile may permit to develop novel tools for the early detection of several pancreatic disorders, utilizing samples, such as blood, saliva, and stools. Future studies will have to elucidate the mechanisms by which gut microbiota is modulated and how it tunes the immune system, in order to be able to develop innovative treatment strategies for pancreatic disorders.

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AnimalsGastrointestinal MicrobiomeHumansImmune SystemMicrobiotaPancreatic Diseases

Identifiers

PMID29563853
PMCPMC5833470

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