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ArticleNature microbiology2020

Genetic basis for the cooperative bioactivation of plant lignans by Eggerthella lenta and other human gut bacteria.

Elizabeth N Bess, Jordan E Bisanz, Fauna Yarza, Annamarie Bustion, Barry E Rich, Xingnan Li, Seiya Kitamura, Emily Waligurski, Qi Yan Ang, Diana L Alba and 6 more

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Article in Nature microbiology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 67 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
67citing papers in PubMed
4.1field-weighted citation impact, top 5% 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

67 citing papers in PubMed, 101 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

16 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Elizabeth N BessDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0349-0423
Jordan E BisanzDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8649-1706
Fauna YarzaDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2512-6182
Annamarie BustionDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7380-3619
Barry E RichDepartment of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA.
Xingnan LiUniversity of Hawaii Cancer Center, Honolulu, HI, USA.
Seiya KitamuraDepartment of Molecular Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA.
Emily WaligurskiDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Qi Yan AngDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Diana L AlbaDiabetes Center, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Peter SpanogiannopoulosDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Stephen NayfachUnited States Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, CA, USA.
Suneil K KoliwadDiabetes Center, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Dennis W WolanDepartment of Molecular Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9879-8353
Adrian A FrankeUniversity of Hawaii Cancer Center, Honolulu, HI, USA.
Peter J TurnbaughDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA. peter.turnbaugh@ucsf.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0888-2875
University of California, San Francisco · USScripps Research Institute · USUniversity of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa · USUnited States Department of Energy · USUniversity of California, Irvine · US

Funding

University of Hawaii Cancer Center CCSGP30CA071789 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT MANOA · PI GERTRAUD MASKARINEC · 1996 to 2026
$56.2M
ZIDOVUDINE &LAMIVUDINE &NEVIRAPINE COMBINATION THERAPY IN HIV 1 INFM01RR001271 · NCRR · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI KESSLER, DAVID A · 1985 to 2006
$22.7M
UCSF Nutrition Obesity Research CenterP30DK098722 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI CHRISTIAN VAISSE · 2015 to 2026
$14.6M
Predicting and preventing drug metabolism by the human gut microbiomeR01HL122593 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI Peter James Turnbaugh · 2016 to 2026
$5.7M
(PQ10) Harnessing the human gut microbiome to predict chemotherapy outcomesR21CA227232 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI ATREYA, CHLOE E., TURNBAUGH, PETER JAMES · 2018 to 2019
$378k
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA071789NCI NIH HHS R21 CA227232NCRR NIH HHS M01 RR001271NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL122593NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK098722
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Plant-derived lignans, consumed daily by most individuals, are thought to protect against cancer and other diseases

Indexed as

Gene Expression ProfilingActinobacteriaAnimalsBacterial ProteinsBiotransformationGastrointestinal MicrobiomeGenome, BacterialHumansLignansMetabolic Networks and PathwaysMiceMicrobial ConsortiaPhylogenySpecies SpecificityBacterial ProteinsLignans

Identifiers

PMID31686027
PMCPMC6941677
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