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ArticleThe Journal of experimental medicine2018

IgA regulates the composition and metabolic function of gut microbiota by promoting symbiosis between bacteria.

Akira Nakajima, Alexis Vogelzang, Mikako Maruya, Michio Miyajima, Megumi Murata, Aoi Son, Tomomi Kuwahara, Tatsuaki Tsuruyama, Satoshi Yamada, Minoru Matsuura and 4 more

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Article in The Journal of experimental medicine, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 195 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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195citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
12.8field-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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

195 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 319 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Akira NakajimaCenter for Innovation in Immunoregulative Technology and Therapeutics, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
Alexis VogelzangLaboratory for Mucosal Immunity, Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, RIKEN Yokohama Institute, Yokohama, Japan.
Mikako MaruyaLaboratory for Mucosal Immunity, Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, RIKEN Yokohama Institute, Yokohama, Japan.
Michio MiyajimaLaboratory for Mucosal Immunity, Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, RIKEN Yokohama Institute, Yokohama, Japan.
Megumi MurataCenter for Innovation in Immunoregulative Technology and Therapeutics, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
Aoi SonCenter for Innovation in Immunoregulative Technology and Therapeutics, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
Tomomi KuwaharaDepartment of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, Kagawa, Japan.
Tatsuaki TsuruyamaCenter for Anatomical, Pathological, Forensic Medical Research and Department of Drug and Discovery Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
Satoshi YamadaDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
Minoru MatsuuraDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-9590-2370
Hiroshi NakaseDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
Daniel A PetersonDepartment of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
Sidonia FagarasanLaboratory for Mucosal Immunity, Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, RIKEN Yokohama Institute, Yokohama, Japan.
Keiichiro SuzukiCenter for Innovation in Immunoregulative Technology and Therapeutics, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan keiichiro.suzuki@riken.jp.ORCID 0000-0003-2910-3428
Kyoto University · JPRIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences · JPJohns Hopkins University · USKagawa University · JPSapporo Medical University · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Immunoglobulin A (IgA) promotes health by regulating the composition and function of gut microbiota, but the molecular requirements for such homeostatic IgA function remain unknown. We found that a heavily glycosylated monoclonal IgA recognizing ovalbumin coats

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Gastrointestinal MicrobiomeSymbiosisAdultAgedAged, 80 and overAnimalsAntibodies, MonoclonalBacteriaBacteroidesColonDNA-Binding ProteinsFemaleGene Expression Regulation, BacterialGlycosylationHomeostasisHumansAntibodies, MonoclonalDNA-Binding ProteinsImmunoglobulin ALipopolysaccharidesMaff protein, mouseMafF Transcription FactorNuclear ProteinsOvalbumin

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PMID30042191
PMCPMC6080902
OpenAlexW2883466739

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