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ArticleiScience2020

Bifidobacterium breve UCC2003 Induces a Distinct Global Transcriptomic Program in Neonatal Murine Intestinal Epithelial Cells.

Raymond Kiu, Agatha Treveil, Lukas C Harnisch, Shabhonam Caim, Charlotte Leclaire, Douwe van Sinderen, Tamas Korcsmaros, Lindsay J Hall

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Article in iScience, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

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22citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
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

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

22 citing papers in PubMed, 30 citations in OpenAlex.

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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 3 countries.

Raymond KiuGut Microbes & Health, Quadram Institute Bioscience, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7UQ, UK.
Agatha TreveilGut Microbes & Health, Quadram Institute Bioscience, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7UQ, UK; Earlham Institute, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7UZ, UK.
Lukas C HarnischGut Microbes & Health, Quadram Institute Bioscience, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7UQ, UK.
Shabhonam CaimGut Microbes & Health, Quadram Institute Bioscience, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7UQ, UK.
Charlotte LeclaireGut Microbes & Health, Quadram Institute Bioscience, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7UQ, UK.
Douwe van SinderenAPC Microbiome Ireland & School of Microbiology, University College Cork, Cork T12YT20, Ireland.
Tamas KorcsmarosGut Microbes & Health, Quadram Institute Bioscience, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7UQ, UK; Earlham Institute, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7UZ, UK.
Lindsay J HallGut Microbes & Health, Quadram Institute Bioscience, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7UQ, UK; Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7TJ, UK; Chair of Intestinal Microbiome, School of Life Sciences, Technical University of Munich, 85354 Freising, Germany; ZIEL - Institute for Food & Health, Technical University of Munich, 85354 Freising, Germany. Electronic address: lindsay.hall@quadram.ac.uk.
Norwich Research Park · GBUniversity College Cork · IEUniversity of East Anglia · GB

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BBS/E/F/00044409Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BBS/E/F/000PR10353Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BBS/E/F/000PR10355Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BBS/E/F/000PR10356Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The underlying health-driving mechanisms of Bifidobacterium during early life are not well understood, particularly how this microbiota member may modulate the intestinal barrier via programming of intestinal epithelial cells (IECs). We investigated the impact of Bifidobacterium breve UCC2003 on the transcriptome of neonatal murine IECs. Small IECs from two-week-old neonatal mice administered B. breve UCC2003 or PBS (control) were subjected to global RNA sequencing, and differentially expressed genes, pathways, and affected cell types were determined. We observed extensive regulation of the IEC transcriptome with ∼4,000 genes significantly up-regulated, including key genes linked with epithelial barrier function. Enrichment of cell differentiation pathways was observed, along with an overrepresentation of stem cell marker genes, indicating an increase in the regenerative potential of the epithelial layer. In conclusion, B. breve UCC2003 plays a central role in driving intestinal epithelium homeostatic development during early life and suggests future avenues for next-stage clinical studies.

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MicrobiologyMicrobiomeTranscriptomics

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PMID32683312
PMCPMC7371750
OpenAlexW3039020542

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