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ArticleNature2020

Mucosal or systemic microbiota exposures shape the B cell repertoire.

Hai Li, Julien P Limenitakis, Victor Greiff, Bahtiyar Yilmaz, Olivier Schären, Camilla Urbaniak, Mirjam Zünd, Melissa A E Lawson, Ian D Young, Sandra Rupp and 5 more

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Article in Nature, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 107 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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107citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
11.0field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

107 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 192 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

15 authors at 4 institutions in 4 countries.

Hai Li *Maurice Müller Laboratories (DBMR), Universitätsklinik für Viszerale Chirurgie und Medizin Inselspital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4762-9362
Julien P Limenitakis *Maurice Müller Laboratories (DBMR), Universitätsklinik für Viszerale Chirurgie und Medizin Inselspital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6785-3492
Victor GreiffDepartment of Immunology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
Bahtiyar YilmazMaurice Müller Laboratories (DBMR), Universitätsklinik für Viszerale Chirurgie und Medizin Inselspital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1888-9226
Olivier SchärenInstitute for Infectious Diseases, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0944-5327
Camilla UrbaniakMcMaster University Medical Centre, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Mirjam ZündMaurice Müller Laboratories (DBMR), Universitätsklinik für Viszerale Chirurgie und Medizin Inselspital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2443-9328
Melissa A E LawsonMaurice Müller Laboratories (DBMR), Universitätsklinik für Viszerale Chirurgie und Medizin Inselspital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
Ian D YoungMaurice Müller Laboratories (DBMR), Universitätsklinik für Viszerale Chirurgie und Medizin Inselspital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
Sandra RuppMaurice Müller Laboratories (DBMR), Universitätsklinik für Viszerale Chirurgie und Medizin Inselspital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
Mathias HeikenwälderDivision of Chronic Inflammation and Cancer, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany.
Kathy D McCoyMaurice Müller Laboratories (DBMR), Universitätsklinik für Viszerale Chirurgie und Medizin Inselspital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3900-9227
Siegfried HapfelmeierInstitute for Infectious Diseases, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6913-7932
Stephanie C Ganal-Vonarburg *Maurice Müller Laboratories (DBMR), Universitätsklinik für Viszerale Chirurgie und Medizin Inselspital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland. stephanie.ganal@dbmr.unibe.ch.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2548-7754
Andrew J Macpherson *Maurice Müller Laboratories (DBMR), Universitätsklinik für Viszerale Chirurgie und Medizin Inselspital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland. andrew.macpherson@dbmr.unibe.ch.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7192-0184
University of Bern · CHGerman Cancer Research Center · DEMcMaster University Medical Centre · CAUniversity of Oslo · NO

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Colonization by the microbiota causes a marked stimulation of B cells and induction of immunoglobulin, but mammals colonized with many taxa have highly complex and individualized immunoglobulin repertoires

Indexed as

Administration, IntravenousAdministration, OralAnimalsB-LymphocytesEscherichia coliEubacterialesFemaleGerm-Free LifeImmunity, MucosalImmunoglobulin AImmunoglobulin GImmunoglobulin Heavy ChainsImmunologic MemoryIntestinal MucosaMaleMiceImmunoglobulin AImmunoglobulin GImmunoglobulin Heavy Chains

Identifiers

PMID32760003
OpenAlexW3047325596

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