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ReviewThe Journal of physiology2018

The interplay between microbes and the immune response in inflammatory bowel disease.

Ashleigh Goethel, Kenneth Croitoru, Dana J Philpott

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Review in The Journal of physiology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 48 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
48citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
4.7field-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

48 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 76 citations in OpenAlex.

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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 at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ashleigh GoethelDepartment of Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-0856-2759
Kenneth CroitoruDepartment of Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-1231-0180
Dana J PhilpottDepartment of Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-3238-6254
University of Toronto · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The aetiology and pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) remains unclear but involves a complex interplay between genetic risk, environmental exposures, the immune system and the gut microbiota. Nearly two decades ago, the first susceptibility gene for Crohn's disease, NOD2, was identified within the IBD 1 locus. Since then, over 230 genetic risk loci have been associated with IBD and yet NOD2 remains the strongest association to date. As an intracellular innate immune sensor of bacteria, investigations into host-microbe interactions, involving both innate and adaptive immune responses, have become of particular interest in understanding the pathogenesis of IBD. Advancements in sequencing technology have lead to the groundbreaking characterization of the gut microbiota and its role in health and disease. While an altered microbiome has been described for IBD, whether it is a cause or an effect of the intestinal inflammation has yet to be determined. Moreover, the bidirectional relationship between the gut microbiota and the mucosal immune system adds to the multifaceted complexity of intestinal homeostasis. A better understanding of how host genetics, including NOD2, influence immune-microbe interactions and alter susceptibility to IBD is necessary in order to develop therapeutic and preventative treatments.

Indexed as

Gastrointestinal MicrobiomeGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseHost-Pathogen InteractionsAnimalsBacteriaHumansImmunity, InnateInflammatory Bowel Diseasesadaptive immunitygut microbiotaimmune-microbe interactionsinflammatory bowel diseasesinnate immunityNLRsNod2

Identifiers

PMID29806140
PMCPMC6117586
OpenAlexW2889220502

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