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ReviewNature reviews. Microbiology2018

Interactions of commensal and pathogenic microorganisms with the intestinal mucosal barrier.

Eric C Martens, Mareike Neumann, Mahesh S Desai

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Review in Nature reviews. Microbiology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04352231 (From Mouse to Man), which is not on this map. Cited by 341 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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341citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
52.2field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

NCT04352231 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2021, after this paper: background citation

From Mouse to Man: Translating Findings in Mouse Study Into a Human Cohort (Luxembourgish Fiber Cohort: Lux-FiCo)

TypeinterventionalSponsorLuxembourg Institute of HealthRan2021 to 2022Enrolled30ConditionsDietary Fiber, Gastrointestinal Microbiome, Healthy VolunteersArmsHigh Fiber Diet Intervention, Low Fiber Diet Intervention
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

341 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 700 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Eric C MartensUniversity of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA. emartens@umich.edu.
Mareike NeumannDepartment of Infection and Immunity, Luxembourg Institute of Health, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg.
Mahesh S DesaiDepartment of Infection and Immunity, Luxembourg Institute of Health, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg. mahesh.desai@lih.lu.
Luxembourg Institute of Health · LUUniversity of Michigan–Ann Arbor · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The intestinal mucosal barrier is composed of epithelial cells that are protected by an overlying host-secreted mucous layer and functions as the first line of defence against pathogenic and non-pathogenic microorganisms. Some microorganisms have evolved strategies to either survive in the mucosal barrier or circumvent it to establish infection. In this Review, we discuss the current state of knowledge of the complex interactions of commensal microorganisms with the intestinal mucosal barrier, and we discuss strategies used by pathogenic microorganisms to establish infection by either exploiting different epithelial cell lineages or disrupting the mucous layer, as well as the role of defects in mucus production in chronic disease.

Indexed as

Bacterial Physiological PhenomenaBacteriaHumansIntestinal MucosaSymbiosis

Identifiers

PMID29904082
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