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ReviewClinical reviews in allergy & immunology2019

Microbiota and Food Allergy.

Shang-An Shu, Agatha W T Yuen, Elena Woo, Ka-Hou Chu, Hoi-Shan Kwan, Guo-Xiang Yang, Yao Yang, Patrick S C Leung

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Review in Clinical reviews in allergy & immunology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 78 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
78citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
6.2field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

78 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 154 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

8 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Shang-An ShuDivision of Rheumatology/Allergy and Clinical Immunology, School of Medicine, The University of California, 451 Health Sciences Drive, Suite 6510, Davis, California, 95616, USA.
Agatha W T YuenSchool of Life Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Elena WooDivision of Rheumatology/Allergy and Clinical Immunology, School of Medicine, The University of California, 451 Health Sciences Drive, Suite 6510, Davis, California, 95616, USA.
Ka-Hou ChuSchool of Life Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Hoi-Shan KwanSchool of Life Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Guo-Xiang YangDivision of Rheumatology/Allergy and Clinical Immunology, School of Medicine, The University of California, 451 Health Sciences Drive, Suite 6510, Davis, California, 95616, USA.
Yao YangDepartment of Food Science and Technology, Jinling College, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, 210097, China.
Patrick S C LeungDivision of Rheumatology/Allergy and Clinical Immunology, School of Medicine, The University of California, 451 Health Sciences Drive, Suite 6510, Davis, California, 95616, USA. psleung@ucdavis.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5862-4316
Chinese University of Hong Kong · HKUniversity of California, Davis · USNanjing Normal University · CNUniversity of California System · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Emerging evidence suggests that the increasing prevalence of food allergies is associated with compositional and functional changes in our gut microbiota. Microbiota-host interactions play a key role in regulating the immune system. Development of a healthy gut microbiota and immune system occurs early in life and is largely shaped by exposure to maternal microbes through vaginal/natural delivery and breast milk, whereas use of antibiotics can disrupt gut homeostasis and significantly raise the risk of allergic diseases. Thus, changes in the quantity or diversity of gut microbes affect oral toleranace through interations of microbial molecules with pattern recognition receptors on immune cells and confer susceptibility to food allergies. On the other hand, short chain fatty acids which are fermentation end products of insoluble fibers by intestinal micoorganisms have been shown to confer protective effects on food allergy. As a preventive and therapeutic treatment for food allergies, probiotics have gained widespread attention in recent years. Reintroducing certain commensal microbes, such as Clostridia, both in animal models and clinical trials led to the prevention or resolution of allergic symptoms. This review highlights recent progress in our understanding of the gut microbiota's role in food allergy. However, mechanistic details underlying the anti-allergic effects of probiotics and the interaction between the gut microbiota and the immune system remain circumstantial and are not fully understood. Future studies should address possible factors and underlying mechanisms for microbiota-host interactions and gut immunity, as well as the efficacy, safety, and appropriate use of probiotics in establishing a standard treatment regimen for food allergies.

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AnimalsAnti-Bacterial AgentsChild, PreschoolDysbiosisFatty Acids, VolatileFemaleFood HypersensitivityGastrointestinal MicrobiomeHumansHygiene HypothesisInfantInfant, NewbornMaleMilk, HumanParturitionPregnancyAnti-Bacterial AgentsFatty Acids, VolatileFood antigensHygiene hypothesisIntestinal microbiotaMicrobe-host interactionsProbioticsShort-chain fatty acidsTolerance

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PMID30564985
OpenAlexW2904199071

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