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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2020

The Bacterium

Jing Ouyang, John Lin, Stéphane Isnard, Brandon Fombuena, Xiaorong Peng, André Marette, Bertrand Routy, Meriem Messaoudene, Yaokai Chen, Jean-Pierre Routy

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Review in Frontiers in immunology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 82 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
82citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
7.2field-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

82 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 123 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Probiotics for the treatment of depression and its comorbidities: A systemic review.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2023
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  5. Biomolecules · 2026
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  12. Decreased intestinal abundance ofAnnals of medicine · 2025
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  15. [Nan fang yi ke da xue xue bao = Journal of Southern Medical University · 2025
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  19. Big lessons from the littleFrontiers in immunology · 2025
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22 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

10 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Jing OuyangInfectious Diseases and Immunity in Global Health Program, Research Institute, McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, QC, Canada.
John LinInfectious Diseases and Immunity in Global Health Program, Research Institute, McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, QC, Canada.
Stéphane IsnardInfectious Diseases and Immunity in Global Health Program, Research Institute, McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, QC, Canada.
Brandon FombuenaInfectious Diseases and Immunity in Global Health Program, Research Institute, McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, QC, Canada.
Xiaorong PengInfectious Diseases and Immunity in Global Health Program, Research Institute, McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, QC, Canada.
André MaretteDepartment of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Cardiology Axis of the Québec Heart and Lung Institute, Laval University, Laval, QC, Canada.
Bertrand RoutyCentre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CRCHUM), Montréal, QC, Canada.
Meriem MessaoudeneCentre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CRCHUM), Montréal, QC, Canada.
Yaokai ChenChongqing Public Health Medical Center, Chongqing, China.
Jean-Pierre RoutyInfectious Diseases and Immunity in Global Health Program, Research Institute, McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, QC, Canada.
McGill University Health Centre · CACentre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal · CAChongqing Public Health Medical Center · CNState Key Laboratory of Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious DiseasesUniversité Laval · CA

Funding

CIHR CTN 257CIHR CTN PT027CIHR HB2-164064CIHR MOP 103230CIHR PTJ 166049
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Gut dysbiosis, namely dysregulation of the intestinal microbiota, and increased gut permeability lead to enhanced inflammation and are commonly seen in chronic conditions such as obesity and aging. In people living with HIV (PLWH), several lines of evidence suggest that a depletion of gut CD4 T-cells is associated with gut dysbiosis, microbial translocation and systemic inflammation. Antiretroviral therapy (ART) rapidly controls viral replication, which leads to CD4 T-cell recovery and control of the disease. However, gut dysbiosis, epithelial damage and microbial translocation persist despite ART, increasing risk of developing inflammatory non-AIDS comorbidities such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes mellitus, liver steatosis and cancer. In addition to ART, an emerging research priority is to discover strategies to improve the gut microbial composition and intestinal barrier function. Probiotic interventions have been extensively used with controversial benefits in humans. Encouragingly, within the last decade, the intestinal symbiotic bacterium

Indexed as

AkkermansiaAnti-Retroviral AgentsCD4-Positive T-LymphocytesDysbiosisGram-Negative Bacterial InfectionsHIV-1HIV InfectionsHumansInflammationIntestinal MucosaMetforminObesityAnti-Retroviral AgentsMetforminAkkermansia muciniphilaepithelial gut damageHIVinflammationmicrobial translocation

Identifiers

PMID32328074
PMCPMC7160922
OpenAlexW3016187519

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