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ArticleFrontiers in immunology2018

The Gut Microbiota Regulates Endocrine Vitamin D Metabolism through Fibroblast Growth Factor 23.

Stephanie A Bora, Mary J Kennett, Philip B Smith, Andrew D Patterson, Margherita T Cantorna

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Article in Frontiers in immunology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 63 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
63citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.9field-weighted citation impact, top 5% 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

63 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 98 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Intestinal-Bone Axis Mediated byMicroorganisms · 2026
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  8. The bile acid-gut microbiota-vitamin D axis: new insights into biliary atresia.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2026
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  13. The gut microbiome connects nutrition and human health.Nature reviews. Gastroenterology & hepatology · 2025
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  16. Cross-talks between osteoporosis and gut microbiome.World journal of orthopedics · 2025
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  18. Gut-X axis.iMeta · 2025
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3 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Stephanie A BoraDepartment of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, United States.
Mary J KennettDepartment of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, United States.
Philip B SmithThe Huck Institutes of Life Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, United States.
Andrew D PattersonDepartment of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, United States.
Margherita T CantornaDepartment of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, United States.
Pennsylvania State University · US

Funding

Vitamin D Fluctuations and the Mucosal Immune ResponseR01AT005378 · NCCIH · PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, THE · PI CANTORNA, MARGHERITA T · 2009 to 2020
$4.1M
Vitamin A mediated protection from gastrointestinal infectionR56AI114972 · NIAID · PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, THE · PI CANTORNA, MARGHERITA T, ROSS, A. CATHARINE · 2015 to 2015
$477k
NCCIH NIH HHS R01 AT005378NIAID NIH HHS R56 AI114972
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

To determine the effect of the microbiota on vitamin D metabolism, serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D(25D), 24,25-dihydroxyvitamin D (24,25D), and 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D (1,25D) were measured in germ-free (GF) mice before and after conventionalization (CN). GF mice had low levels of 25D, 24,25D, and 1,25D and were hypocalcemic. CN of the GF mice with microbiota, for 2 weeks recovered 25D, 24,25D, and 1,25D levels. Females had more 25D and 24,25D than males both as GF mice and after CN. Introducing a limited number of commensals (eight commensals) increased 25D and 24,25D to the same extent as CN. Monocolonization with the enteric pathogen

Indexed as

AnimalsCitrobacter rodentiumColonEndocrine SystemFemaleFibroblast Growth Factor-23Fibroblast Growth FactorsGastrointestinal MicrobiomeGerm-Free LifeMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLSex FactorsTumor Necrosis Factor-alphaVitamin D1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D24,25-dihydroxyvitamin D25-hydroxyvitamin DFgf23 protein, mouseFibroblast Growth Factor-23Fibroblast Growth FactorsTumor Necrosis Factor-alphaVitamin Dfibroblast growth factor 23inflammationmicrobiotatumor necrosis factor-αvitamin D

Identifiers

PMID29599772
PMCPMC5863497
OpenAlexW2793750892

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