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ArticleNature2021

Novel bile acid biosynthetic pathways are enriched in the microbiome of centenarians.

Yuko Sato, Koji Atarashi, Damian R Plichta, Yasumichi Arai, Satoshi Sasajima, Sean M Kearney, Wataru Suda, Kozue Takeshita, Takahiro Sasaki, Shoki Okamoto and 25 more

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Article in Nature, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 375 papers.

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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

375 citing papers in PubMed.

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  10. Bile acid signaling in health and disease.Molecular biomedicine · 2026
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  17. The long-lived immune system of centenarians.Nature reviews. Immunology · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

35 authors.

Yuko Sato *Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2177-5820
Koji Atarashi *Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5422-0736
Damian R Plichta *Infectious Disease and Microbiome Program, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6555-2557
Yasumichi AraiCentre for Supercentenarian Medical Research, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Satoshi SasajimaDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Sean M KearneyDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Wataru SudaRIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, Yokohama, Japan.
Kozue TakeshitaDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Takahiro SasakiSchool of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Health Sciences University of Hokkaido, Hokkaido, Japan.
Shoki OkamotoDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Ashwin N SkellyDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1565-3376
Yuki OkamuraDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Hera VlamakisInfectious Disease and Microbiome Program, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1086-9191
Youxian LiRIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, Yokohama, Japan.
Takeshi TanoueDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3639-8834
Hajime TakeiJunshin Clinic Bile Acid Institute, Tokyo, Japan.
Hiroshi NittonoJunshin Clinic Bile Acid Institute, Tokyo, Japan.
Seiko NarushimaDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Junichiro IrieDepartment of Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Nephrology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2662-4121
Hiroshi ItohDepartment of Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Nephrology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Kyoji MoriyaDepartment of Infection Control and Prevention, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
Yuki SugiuraDepartment of Biochemistry, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Makoto SuematsuDepartment of Biochemistry, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7165-6336
Nobuko MoritokiElectron Microscope Laboratory, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Shinsuke ShibataElectron Microscope Laboratory, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1185-9043
Dan R LittmanThe Kimmel Center for Biology and Medicine of the Skirball Institute, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
Michael A FischbachDepartment of Bioengineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3079-8247
Yoshifumi UwaminoDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Takashi InoueDepartment of Marmoset Biology and Medicine, Central Institute for Experimental Animals, Kawasaki, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4691-7255
Akira HondaDivision of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Tokyo Medical University Ibaraki Medical Center, Ibaraki, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0902-8272
Masahira HattoriRIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, Yokohama, Japan.
Tsuyoshi MuraiSchool of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Health Sciences University of Hokkaido, Hokkaido, Japan.
Ramnik J XavierInfectious Disease and Microbiome Program, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA. xavier@molbio.mgh.harvard.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5630-5167
Nobuyoshi HiroseCentre for Supercentenarian Medical Research, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Kenya HondaDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan. kenya@keio.jp.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8937-9835

Funding

Pilot & Feasibility ProgramP30DK043351 · NIDDK · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI RAYMOND T CHUNG · 1991 to 2026
$35.3M
NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK043351
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Centenarians have a decreased susceptibility to ageing-associated illnesses, chronic inflammation and infectious diseases

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Biosynthetic PathwaysCentenariansGastrointestinal Microbiome3-Hydroxysteroid DehydrogenasesAged, 80 and overAnimalsAnti-Bacterial AgentsBacteriaCholestenone 5 alpha-ReductaseFecesFemaleGram-Positive BacteriaHumansLithocholic AcidMaleMice3-Hydroxysteroid DehydrogenasesAnti-Bacterial AgentsCholestenone 5 alpha-ReductaseLithocholic Acid

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