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ArticleJournal of autoimmunity2018

Protective role of commensal bacteria in Sjögren Syndrome.

Mahira Zaheer, Changjun Wang, Fang Bian, Zhiyuan Yu, Humberto Hernandez, Rodrigo G de Souza, Ken T Simmons, Deborah Schady, Alton G Swennes, Stephen C Pflugfelder and 2 more

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Article in Journal of autoimmunity, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03926286 (Fecal Microbial Transplant for Sjogrens Syndrome), which is not on this map. Cited by 61 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
61citing papers in PubMed, 4 pooled it
9.9field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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.

NCT03926286 phase1completednot on this mapstarted 2019, after this paper: background citation

Fecal Microbial Transplant for Sjogrens Syndrome

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversity of MiamiRan2019 to 2020Enrolled10ConditionsSjogren's SyndromeArmsFMP-30
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

61 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 116 citations in OpenAlex.

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1 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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

12 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Mahira ZaheerOcular Surface Center, Department of Ophthalmology, Cullen Eye Institute, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
Changjun WangOcular Surface Center, Department of Ophthalmology, Cullen Eye Institute, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA; Eye Center, Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Zhejiang Provincial Key Lab of Ophthalmology, Hangzhou, China.
Fang BianOcular Surface Center, Department of Ophthalmology, Cullen Eye Institute, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
Zhiyuan YuOcular Surface Center, Department of Ophthalmology, Cullen Eye Institute, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
Humberto HernandezOcular Surface Center, Department of Ophthalmology, Cullen Eye Institute, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
Rodrigo G de SouzaOcular Surface Center, Department of Ophthalmology, Cullen Eye Institute, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
Ken T SimmonsOcular Surface Center, Department of Ophthalmology, Cullen Eye Institute, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
Deborah SchadyDepartment of Texas Children's Hospital Pathology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
Alton G SwennesCenter for Comparative Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
Stephen C PflugfelderOcular Surface Center, Department of Ophthalmology, Cullen Eye Institute, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
Robert A BrittonCenter for Metagenomics and Microbiome Research, Department of Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
Cintia S de PaivaOcular Surface Center, Department of Ophthalmology, Cullen Eye Institute, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA. Electronic address: cintiadp@bcm.edu.
Baylor College of Medicine · USOcular Surface Center · USSecond Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University · CN

Funding

Tumor BiologyP30CA125123 · NCI · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI Michael M Ittmann · 2007 to 2026
$73.9M
Tissue Analysis & Molecular Imaging CoreP30DK056338 · NIDDK · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI James Versalovic · 2001 to 2026
$28.3M
Virology CoreP30AI036211 · NIAID · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI BUTEL, JANET S · 1994 to 2015
$21.7M
Immunology Scientist Training ProgramT32AI053831 · NIAID · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI CORRY, DAVID B · 2003 to 2018
$4.2M
Commensal microbiota modulates ocular surface mucosal inflammationR01EY026893 · NEI · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI DE PAIVA, CINTIA S. · 2017 to 2021
$2.7M
BD Biosciences Special Order LSRIIS10RR024574 · NCRR · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI LUMPKIN, ELLEN A · 2009 to 2009
$430k
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA125123NCRR NIH HHS S10 RR024574NEI NIH HHS R01 EY026893NIAID NIH HHS P30 AI036211NIAID NIH HHS T32 AI053831NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK056338
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

CD25 knock-out (CD25KO) mice spontaneously develop Sjögren Syndrome (SS)-like inflammation. We investigated the role of commensal bacteria by comparing CD25KO mice housed in conventional or germ-free conditions. Germ-free CD25KO mice have greater corneal barrier dysfunction, lower goblet cell density, increased total lymphocytic infiltration score, increased expression of IFN-γ, IL-12 and higher a frequency of CD4

Indexed as

AnimalsCD4-Positive T-LymphocytesCorneaDacryocystitisDisease Models, AnimalFecal Microbiota TransplantationFemaleGastrointestinal MicrobiomeGene Expression RegulationGerm-Free LifeGoblet CellsHomeodomain ProteinsInterferon-gammaInterleukin-12Interleukin-2 Receptor alpha SubunitLacrimal ApparatusHomeodomain ProteinsIFNG protein, mouseIl2ra protein, mouseInterferon-gammaInterleukin-12Interleukin-2 Receptor alpha SubunitRAG-1 proteinCD25KODacryoadenitisDry eyeFecal transplantGerm-freeMicrobiomeSjögren Syndrome

Identifiers

PMID29934134
PMCPMC6108910
OpenAlexW2809658684

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