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ReviewGastroenterology and hepatology from bed to bench2018

Role of gut microbiota in the pathogenesis of colorectal cancer; a review article.

Somayeh Jahani-Sherafat, Masoud Alebouyeh, Sharareh Moghim, Hamed Ahmadi Amoli, Hajieh Ghasemian-Safaei

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Review in Gastroenterology and hepatology from bed to bench, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 81 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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81citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
8.5field-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

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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

81 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 146 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

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Somayeh Jahani-SherafatMicrobiology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
Masoud AlebouyehFoodborne and Waterborne Diseases Research Center, Research Institute for Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Sharareh MoghimMicrobiology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
Hamed Ahmadi AmoliSina Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Hajieh Ghasemian-SafaeiMicrobiology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
Isfahan University of Medical Sciences · IRShahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences · IRTehran University of Medical Sciences · IR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the most frequently diagnosed cancers worldwide. Lifestyle is identified as one of the most important risk factors for CRC, especially in sporadic colorectal cancer. The natural composition of the gut microbiota changes rapidly during the first decade of life. Maintaining homeostasis in the gut is essential as structural and metabolic functions of the commensal microbiota inhibit gut colonization of pathogens. Dysbiosis, imbalance in function or structure of gut microbiota, has been associated with a variety of diseases, such as colorectal cancer. The aim of this review was to investigate the possible links between the dysbiosis in gut microbiota and colorectal cancer, and the potential role of anaerobic gut microbiota in the pathogenesis of colorectal cancer. Based on this review, various studies have shown that some of the gut microbiota such as anaerobic bacteria significantly increased in CRC patients, but we suggest more investigations are required to assess the importance of these bacteria and their metabolites in the pathogenesis of CRC are required.

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Colorectal cancerGut microbiotaPathogenesis

Identifiers

PMID29910850
PMCPMC5990924
OpenAlexW2977333325

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