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ArticleMicrobial biotechnology2020

Modulation of gut mucosal microbiota as a mechanism of probiotics-based adjunctive therapy for ulcerative colitis.

Ping Chen, Haiyan Xu, Hai Tang, Feiyan Zhao, Chengcong Yang, Lai-Yu Kwok, Chunli Cong, YanFang Wu, Wenyi Zhang, XiaoFeng Zhou and 1 more

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Article in Microbial biotechnology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 49 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
49citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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

49 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 82 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

11 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Ping ChenThe Affiliated Hospital of Inner Mongolia Medical University, Hohhot, 010050, China.
Haiyan XuKey Laboratory of Dairy Biotechnology and Engineering, Ministry of Education P. R. C., Key Laboratory of Dairy Products Processing, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs P. R. C., Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot, 010018, China.ORCID 0000-0002-1966-4398
Hai TangKey Laboratory of Dairy Biotechnology and Engineering, Ministry of Education P. R. C., Key Laboratory of Dairy Products Processing, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs P. R. C., Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot, 010018, China.
Feiyan ZhaoKey Laboratory of Dairy Biotechnology and Engineering, Ministry of Education P. R. C., Key Laboratory of Dairy Products Processing, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs P. R. C., Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot, 010018, China.
Chengcong YangKey Laboratory of Dairy Biotechnology and Engineering, Ministry of Education P. R. C., Key Laboratory of Dairy Products Processing, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs P. R. C., Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot, 010018, China.
Lai-Yu KwokKey Laboratory of Dairy Biotechnology and Engineering, Ministry of Education P. R. C., Key Laboratory of Dairy Products Processing, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs P. R. C., Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot, 010018, China.
Chunli CongThe Affiliated Hospital of Inner Mongolia Medical University, Hohhot, 010050, China.
YanFang WuThe Affiliated Hospital of Inner Mongolia Medical University, Hohhot, 010050, China.
Wenyi ZhangKey Laboratory of Dairy Biotechnology and Engineering, Ministry of Education P. R. C., Key Laboratory of Dairy Products Processing, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs P. R. C., Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot, 010018, China.
XiaoFeng ZhouChina-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, 100029, China.
Heping ZhangKey Laboratory of Dairy Biotechnology and Engineering, Ministry of Education P. R. C., Key Laboratory of Dairy Products Processing, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs P. R. C., Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot, 010018, China.
Inner Mongolia Agricultural University · CNInner Mongolia Medical University · CNChina-Japan Friendship Hospital · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This was a pilot study aiming to evaluate the effects of probiotics as adjunctive treatment for ulcerative colitis (UC). Twenty-five active patients with UC were assigned to the probiotic (n = 12) and placebo (n = 13) groups. The probiotic group received mesalazine (60 mg kg

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Colitis, UlcerativeGastrointestinal MicrobiomeMicrobiotaProbioticsEubacteriumHumansPilot ProjectsRNA, Ribosomal, 16SWeissellaRNA, Ribosomal, 16S

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PMID32969200
PMCPMC7533322
OpenAlexW3088942861

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