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ReviewNutrients2020

Managing the Microbiome: How the Gut Influences Development and Disease.

Noah Weinstein, Brandon Garten, Jonathan Vainer, Dulce Minaya, Krzysztof Czaja

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Review in Nutrients, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
11citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 28% 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

11 citing papers in PubMed, 13 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

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Noah WeinsteinDepartment of Veterinary Biosciences and Diagnostic Imaging, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA.
Brandon GartenDepartment of Veterinary Biosciences and Diagnostic Imaging, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4217-4845
Jonathan VainerDepartment of Veterinary Biosciences and Diagnostic Imaging, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA.
Dulce MinayaDepartment of Veterinary Biosciences and Diagnostic Imaging, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1618-8960
Krzysztof CzajaDepartment of Veterinary Biosciences and Diagnostic Imaging, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA.
University of Georgia · US

Funding

The National Institutes of Health 1R01DC013904
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The microbiome lies at the forefront of scientific research, as researchers work to uncover its mysterious influence on human development and disease. This paper reviews how the microbiome is studied, how researchers can improve its study, and what clinical applications microbiome research might yield. For this review, we analyzed studies concerning the role of the microbiome in disease and early development, the common methodologies by which the microbiome is researched in the lab, and modern clinical treatments for dysbiosis and their possible future applications. We found that the gut microbiome is essential for proper development of various physiological systems and that gut dysbiosis is a clear factor in the etiology of various diseases. Furthermore, we found that germ-free animal models and microbiome manipulation techniques are inadequate, reducing the efficacy of microbiome research. Nonetheless, research continues to show the significance of microbiome manipulation in the clinical treatment of disease, having shown great promise in the prevention and treatment of dysbiosis. Though the clinical applications of microbiome manipulation are currently limited, the significance of dysbiosis in the etiology of a wide array of diseases indicates the significance of this research and highlights the need for more effective research methods concerning the microbiome.

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DiseaseGrowth and DevelopmentAnimalsCecumDysbiosisFecal Microbiota TransplantationGastrointestinal MicrobiomeGastrointestinal TractGerm-Free LifeHumansMicrobiotaModels, AnimalResearch DesignResearch Personnelanimal modelscecumdysbiosisfecal transplantgavagegerm freemicrobiome manipulationmicrobiota

Identifiers

PMID33383647
PMCPMC7823600
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