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ReviewNeurogastroenterology and motility2020

Intestinal resident macrophages: Multitaskers of the gut.

Maria Francesca Viola, Guy Boeckxstaens

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Review in Neurogastroenterology and motility, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 46 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
46citing papers in PubMed
3.9field-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

46 citing papers in PubMed, 84 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Phenotypic switching of gastrointestinal smooth muscle cells and the regulatory role of macrophages: a literature review.Inflammation research : official journal of the European Histamine Research Society ... [et al.] · 2026
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  5. Antioxidant and Anti-Inflammatory Activities of Probiotic Strains.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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  6. Macrophages on demand: How tissue trauma shapes their role.European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society · 2026
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  19. The roles of tissue resident macrophages in health and cancer.Experimental hematology & oncology · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Maria Francesca ViolaDepartment of Chronic Diseases, Metabolism and Ageing (CHROMETA), Laboratory for Neuro Immune Interaction, Translational Research in GastroIntestinal Disorders (TARGID), KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0003-0660-9506
Guy BoeckxstaensDepartment of Chronic Diseases, Metabolism and Ageing (CHROMETA), Laboratory for Neuro Immune Interaction, Translational Research in GastroIntestinal Disorders (TARGID), KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0001-8267-5797
KU Leuven · BE

Funding

ERC Advanced 833816-NEUMACSFonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek 11C2219N
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundIntestinal resident macrophages play a crucial role in homeostasis and have been implicated in numerous gastrointestinal diseases. While historically believed to be largely of hematopoietic origin, recent advances in fate-mapping technology have unveiled the existence of long-lived, self-maintaining populations located in specific niches throughout the gut wall. Furthermore, the advent of single-cell technology has enabled an unprecedented characterization of the functional specialization of tissue-resident macrophages throughout the gastrointestinal tract. PURPOSE: The purpose of this review was to provide a panorama on intestinal resident macrophages, with particular focus to the recent advances in the field. Here, we discuss the functions and phenotype of intestinal resident macrophages and, where possible, the functional specialization of these cells in response to the niche they occupy. Furthermore, we will discuss their role in gastrointestinal diseases.

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AnimalsGastrointestinal DiseasesHumansIntestinesMacrophagesenteric nervous systemgastrointestinal tractlamina propriamuscularis externaneuroimmune interactionresident macrophages

Identifiers

PMID32222060
PMCPMC7757264
OpenAlexW3013801226

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