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ReviewInternational immunology2021

Gut microbiota and systemic immunity in health and disease.

Bernard C Lo, Grace Y Chen, Gabriel Núñez, Roberta Caruso

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In one paragraph

Review in International immunology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 52 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
52citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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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

52 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  3. The theory of the inflammatory ecosystem.Science China. Life sciences · 2026
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  5. Gut microbiota modulation of systemic immunity and cancer immunotherapy: mechanisms, evidence, and therapeutic implications.Saudi pharmaceutical journal : SPJ : the official publication of the Saudi Pharmaceutical Society · 2026
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  12. Antibiotic-induced microbiota depletion impairs the proregenerative response to a biological scaffold.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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  18. Host-Microbiome Interaction in the Intensive Care Unit.Diseases (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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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

4 authors.

Bernard C LoDepartment of Pathology and Rogel Cancer Center, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
Grace Y ChenDepartment of Internal Medicine, the University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
Gabriel NúñezDepartment of Pathology and Rogel Cancer Center, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
Roberta CarusoDepartment of Pathology and Rogel Cancer Center, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.

Funding

University of Michigan Center for Gastrointestinal ResearchP30DK034933 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI OWYANG, CHUNG · 1986 to 2021
$22.5M
Role of Immunity and the Microbiota in Enteropathogenic E. coli EradicationR01DK095782 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI NUNEZ, GABRIEL · 2013 to 2022
$3.6M
Role of Gene-Microbial Interactions in the Development of Crohn's Disease-like ColitisR01DK121504 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI NUNEZ, GABRIEL · 2019 to 2023
$2.1M
Understanding NLRP6 function in intestinal homeostasisR01DK122812 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI CHEN, GRACE Y. · 2019 to 2022
$1.6M
NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK034933NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK095782NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK121504NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK122812
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The mammalian intestine is colonized by trillions of microorganisms that have co-evolved with the host in a symbiotic relationship. Although the influence of the gut microbiota on intestinal physiology and immunity is well known, mounting evidence suggests a key role for intestinal symbionts in controlling immune cell responses and development outside the gut. Although the underlying mechanisms by which the gut symbionts influence systemic immune responses remain poorly understood, there is evidence for both direct and indirect effects. In addition, the gut microbiota can contribute to immune responses associated with diseases outside the intestine. Understanding the complex interactions between the gut microbiota and the host is thus of fundamental importance to understand both immunity and human health.

Indexed as

Health StatusIntestinal MucosaB-LymphocytesCentral Nervous SystemDietGastrointestinal MicrobiomeHumansImmune SystemLiverLungSymbiosisinflammatory diseaseintestinal bacteriametabolitesmicrobiomesystemic immune responses

Identifiers

PMID33367688
PMCPMC8011437

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