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ArticleThe ISME journal2020

The relationship between fecal bile acids and microbiome community structure in pediatric Crohn's disease.

Jessica Connors, Katherine A Dunn, Jennifer Allott, Robert Bandsma, Mohsin Rashid, Anthony R Otley, Joseph P Bielawski, Johan Van Limbergen

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Article in The ISME journal, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 59 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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59citing papers in PubMed, 5 pooled it
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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

59 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 79 citations in OpenAlex.

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  17. Underneath the Gut-Brain Axis in IBD-Evidence of the Non-Obvious.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Jessica ConnorsDivision of Pediatric Gastroenterology & Nutrition, IWK Health Centre, Halifax, NS, Canada.
Katherine A DunnDepartment of Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada.
Jennifer AllottDepartment of Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada.
Robert BandsmaDivision of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Mohsin RashidDivision of Pediatric Gastroenterology & Nutrition, IWK Health Centre, Halifax, NS, Canada.
Anthony R OtleyDivision of Pediatric Gastroenterology & Nutrition, IWK Health Centre, Halifax, NS, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7371-9302
Joseph P BielawskiDepartment of Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada.
Johan Van LimbergenDepartment of Pediatrics, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada. j.e.vanlimbergen@amsterdamumc.nl.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5822-4371
Dalhousie University · CAHospital for Sick Children · CAIzaak Walton Killam Health Centre · CA

Funding

CIHR
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Gut microbiome community structure is associated with Crohn's disease (CD) development and response to therapy. Bile acids (BAs) play a central role in modulating intestinal immune responses, and changes in gut bacterial communities can profoundly alter the intestinal BA pool. The liver synthesizes and conjugates primary bile acids (priBAs) that are then deconjugated, epimerized, and dehydroxylated by gut bacteria to produce secondary bile acids (secBAs). We investigated the relationship between the gut microbiome and the fecal BA pool in stool samples obtained from a well-characterized cohort of pediatric CD patients undergoing nutritional therapy to induce disease remission. We found that fecal BA composition was altered in a sub-group of CD patients who did not sustain remission. The microbial community structures associated with priBA and secBA-dominant profiles were distinct. In addition, the fecal BA concentrations were correlated with the abundance of distinct bacterial taxonomic groups. Finally, priBA dominant samples were associated with community-level decreases in enzymes for dehydroxylation but not deconjugation.

Indexed as

Gastrointestinal MicrobiomeAdolescentBacteriaBile Acids and SaltsChildCrohn DiseaseFecesFemaleHumansIntestinesLiverMaleBile Acids and Salts

Identifiers

PMID31796936
PMCPMC7031364
OpenAlexW2993955438

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