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ArticleGut microbes

Gut Akkermansia muciniphila ameliorates metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease by regulating the metabolism of L-aspartate via gut-liver axis.

Yong Rao, Zhiqi Kuang, Chan Li, Shiyao Guo, Yaohao Xu, Dandan Zhao, Yutao Hu, Bingbing Song, Zhi Jiang, Zhenhuang Ge and 6 more

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Article in Gut microbes. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 196 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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196citing papers in PubMed, 6 pooled it
28.2field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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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

196 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 319 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

16 authors at 3 institutions in 4 countries.

Yong RaoSchool of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of New Drug Design and Evaluation, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Zhiqi KuangRun Ze Laboratory for Gastrointestinal Microbiome Study, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Chan LiSchool of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of New Drug Design and Evaluation, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Shiyao GuoSchool of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of New Drug Design and Evaluation, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Yaohao XuSchool of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of New Drug Design and Evaluation, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Dandan ZhaoSchool of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of New Drug Design and Evaluation, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Yutao HuSchool of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of New Drug Design and Evaluation, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Bingbing SongSchool of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of New Drug Design and Evaluation, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Zhi JiangSchool of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of New Drug Design and Evaluation, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Zhenhuang GeRun Ze Laboratory for Gastrointestinal Microbiome Study, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Xiyuan LiuRun Ze Laboratory for Gastrointestinal Microbiome Study, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Chengdao LiRun Ze Laboratory for Gastrointestinal Microbiome Study, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Shuobin ChenSchool of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of New Drug Design and Evaluation, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Jiming YeLipid Biology and Metabolic Disease Research Group, School of Health and Biomedical Sciences, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia.
Zhishu HuangSchool of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of New Drug Design and Evaluation, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Yongjun LuRun Ze Laboratory for Gastrointestinal Microbiome Study, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Sun Yat-sen University · CNNational Sun Yat-sen University · TWMIT University · MK

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The gut bacterium

Indexed as

Gastrointestinal MicrobiomeAkkermansiaAnimalsAspartic AcidBacteriaDiet, High-FatFatty LiverGastrointestinal TractHumansLiverMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLAspartic AcidAkkermansia muciniphilabile acid metabolismgut-liver axisL-aspartatelipid oxidationMetabolic-dysfunction associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD)

Identifiers

PMID34030573
PMCPMC8158032
OpenAlexW3165210923

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