Evidence map›Paper›PMID 31595814›Full record

ReviewGut microbes2020

Diversification of host bile acids by members of the gut microbiota.

Jenessa A Winston, Casey M Theriot

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In one paragraph

Review in Gut microbes, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 335 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
335citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
16.2field-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

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

335 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 537 citations in OpenAlex.

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275 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.

Jenessa A WinstonDepartment of Population Health and Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5323-7683
Casey M TheriotDepartment of Population Health and Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1895-8941
North Carolina State University · US

Funding

Comparative Medicine and Translational Research Training ProgramT32OD011130 · OD · NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY RALEIGH · PI Lauren Virginia Schnabel · 2012 to 2026
$7.8M
Targeted bacterial restoration of colonization resistance against C. difficileR35GM119438 · NIGMS · NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY RALEIGH · PI THERIOT, CASEY MICHELLE · 2016 to 2020
$1.6M
NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM119438NIH HHS T32 OD011130
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bile acid biotransformation is a collaborative effort by the host and the gut microbiome. Host hepatocytes synthesize primary bile acids from cholesterol. Once these host-derived primary bile acids enter the gastrointestinal tract, the gut microbiota chemically modify them into secondary bile acids. Interest into the gut-bile acid-host axis is expanding in diverse fields including gastroenterology, endocrinology, oncology, and infectious disease. This review aims to 1) describe the physiologic aspects of collaborative bile acid metabolism by the host and gut microbiota; 2) to evaluate how gut microbes influence bile acid pools, and in turn how bile acid pools modulate the gut microbial community structure; 3) to compare species differences in bile acid pools; and lastly, 4) discuss the effects of ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA) administration, a common therapeutic bile acid, on the gut microbiota-bile acid-host axis.

Indexed as

Bile Acids and SaltsGastrointestinal MicrobiomeAnimalsBacteriaCholesterolClostridioides difficileHepatocytesHumansLipid MetabolismMicrobiotaReceptor, Farnesoid X-ActivatedReceptors, Cytoplasmic and NuclearUrsodeoxycholic AcidBile Acids and SaltsCholesterolReceptor, Farnesoid X-ActivatedReceptors, Cytoplasmic and NuclearUrsodeoxycholic Acidbile acidsC. difficileFXRgut microbiotaursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA)

Identifiers

PMID31595814
PMCPMC7053883
OpenAlexW2979675761

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