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ReviewAging2020

Gut microbiota and pro/prebiotics in Alzheimer's disease.

Ryszard Pluta, Marzena Ułamek-Kozioł, Sławomir Januszewski, Stanisław J Czuczwar

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Review in Aging, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 81 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
81citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
7.6field-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

81 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 160 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

4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Ryszard PlutaLaboratory of Ischemic and Neurodegenerative Brain Research, Mossakowski Medical Research Centre, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland.
Marzena Ułamek-KoziołLaboratory of Ischemic and Neurodegenerative Brain Research, Mossakowski Medical Research Centre, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland.
Sławomir JanuszewskiLaboratory of Ischemic and Neurodegenerative Brain Research, Mossakowski Medical Research Centre, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland.
Stanisław J CzuczwarDepartment of Pathophysiology, Medical University of Lublin, Lublin, Poland.
Polish Academy of Sciences · PLMedical University of Lublin · PLMossakowski Medical Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences · PL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alzheimer's disease is characterized by the accumulation of amyloid and dysfunctional tau protein in the brain along with the final development of dementia. Accumulation of amyloid in the brain was observed 10-20 years before the onset of clinical symptoms by diagnostic methods based on image analysis. This is a serious public health problem, incidence and prevalence being expected to reach epidemic proportions over the next few decades if the disease cannot be prevented or slowed down. Recently, in addition to the strongly developing ischemic etiology of Alzheimer's disease, it is suggested that the gut microbiota may also participate in the development of this disease. The brain and gut are thought to form a network called the "gut-brain-microbiota axis", and it is strongly supported idea that the intestinal microflora can be involved in Alzheimer's disease. Lately, many new studies have been conducted that draw attention to the relationship between Alzheimer's disease and gut microbiota. This review presents a possible relationship between Alzheimer's disease and a microbiome. It is a promising idea for prevention or therapeutic intervention. Modulation of the gut microbiota through a personalized diet or beneficial microflora intervention like pro/prebiotics, changing microbiological partners and their products, including amyloid protein, can become a new treatment for Alzheimer's disease.

Indexed as

Alzheimer DiseaseAnimalsGastrointestinal MicrobiomeHumansInflammationMicePrebioticsProbioticsRatstau ProteinsPrebioticstau ProteinsAlzheimer’s diseasegut-brain-microbiota axisgut microbiotaprebioticsprobiotics

Identifiers

PMID32191919
PMCPMC7138569
OpenAlexW3011358143

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