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ReviewImmunity2019

Perinatal Interactions between the Microbiome, Immunity, and Neurodevelopment.

Geoffrey N Pronovost, Elaine Y Hsiao

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In one paragraph

Review in Immunity, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 78 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
78citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
7.7field-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.

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, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 143 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Roles of the gut microbiome in weight management.Nature reviews. Microbiology · 2023
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  10. Long Term Culture of Germ-Free Zebrafish Using Gamma-Irradiated Feeds.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025
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  14. The relationship between neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs) and NLRP3 inflammasome.Inflammation research : official journal of the European Histamine Research Society ... [et al.] · 2025
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  19. Gut-X axis.iMeta · 2025
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18 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

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Geoffrey N PronovostDepartment of Integrative Biology and Physiology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA. Electronic address: geoffpro@ucla.edu.
Elaine Y HsiaoDepartment of Integrative Biology and Physiology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA. Electronic address: ehsiao@ucla.edu.
University of California, Los Angeles · US

Funding

MULTIDISCIPLINARY TRAINING IN MICROBIAL PATHOGENESIST32AI007323 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI Peter John Bradley · 1988 to 2026
$8.6M
Functional Role of IL-6 in Fetal Brain Development and Abnormal BehaviorF31MH090749 · NIMH · CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI HSIAO, ELAINE · 2011 to 2012
$64k
NIAID NIH HHS T32 AI007323NIMH NIH HHS F31 MH090749
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The microbiome modulates host immune function across the gastrointestinal tract, peripheral lymphoid organs, and central nervous system. In this review, we highlight emerging evidence that microbial effects on select immune phenotypes arise developmentally, where the maternal and neonatal microbiome influence immune cell ontogeny in the offspring during gestation and early postnatal life. We further discuss roles for the perinatal microbiome and early-life immunity in regulating normal neurodevelopmental processes. In addition, we examine evidence that abnormalities in microbiota-neuroimmune interactions during early life are associated with altered risk of neurological disorders in humans. Finally, we conclude by evaluating the potential implications of microbiota-immune interventions for neurological conditions. Continued progress toward dissecting mechanistic interactions between the perinatal microbiota, immune system, and nervous system might uncover fundamental insights into how developmental interactions across physiological systems inform later-life health and disease.

Indexed as

Embryonic DevelopmentAnimalsFemaleGastrointestinal TractHumansImmune SystemImmunityMicrobiotaNervous SystemNeuroimmunomodulationPerinatal CarePregnancy

Identifiers

PMID30650376
PMCPMC6447295
OpenAlexW2910387559

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Registered trials

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