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ReviewMicrobial ecology2021

Paediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease and its Relationship with the Microbiome.

Rachel S Fitzgerald, Ian R Sanderson, Marcus J Claesson

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In one paragraph

Review in Microbial ecology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
32citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
4.5field-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

32 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 35 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Saudi consensus guidance for the diagnosis and management of inflammatory bowel disease in children and adolescents.Saudi journal of gastroenterology : official journal of the Saudi Gastroenterology Association · 2025
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  14. Frontiers in pediatrics · 2025
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  15. Role ofWorld journal of gastroenterology · 2024
    Review
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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

3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Rachel S FitzgeraldSchool of Microbiology, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5569-6311
Ian R SandersonCentre for Immunobiology, Blizard Institute, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9814-0161
Marcus J ClaessonSchool of Microbiology, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland. M.Claesson@ucc.ie.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5712-0623
University College Cork · IEQueen Mary University of London · GB

Funding

Crohn's and Colitis Foundation 510264Irish Research Council GOIPG/2017/1573Science Foundation Ireland SFI/12/RC/2273_P2
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Paediatric inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a chronic inflammatory disorder of the digestive tract, comprising of Crohn's disease (CD), ulcerative colitis (UC), and, where classification is undetermined, inflammatory bowel disease unclassified (IBDU). Paediatric IBD incidence is increasing globally, with prevalence highest in the developed world. Though no specific causative agent has been identified for paediatric IBD, it is believed that a number of factors may contribute to the development of the disease, including genetics and the environment. Another potential component in the development of IBD is the microbiota in the digestive tract, particularly the gut. While the exact role that the microbiome plays in IBD is unclear, many studies acknowledge the complex relationship between the gut bacteria and pathogenesis of IBD. In this review, we look at the increasing number of studies investigating the role the microbiome and other biomes play in paediatric patients with IBD, particularly changes associated with IBD, varying disease states, and therapeutics. The paediatric IBD microbiome is significantly different to that of healthy children, with decreased diversity and differences in bacterial composition (such as a decrease in Firmicutes). Changes in the microbiome relating to various treatments of IBD and disease severity have also been observed in multiple studies. Changes in diversity and composition may also extend to other biomes in paediatric IBD, such as the virome and the mycobiome. Research into biome differences in IBD paediatric patients may help progress our understanding of the aetiology of the disease.

Indexed as

Colitis, UlcerativeCrohn DiseaseInflammatory Bowel DiseasesMicrobiotaMycobiomeChildHumansCrohn’s diseaseGut microbiotaMicrobiomePaediatric inflammatory bowel diseaseReviewUlcerative colitis

Identifiers

PMID33666710
PMCPMC8551107
OpenAlexW3134003018

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Registered trials

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