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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2021

Gut Microbiota Extracellular Vesicles as Signaling Molecules Mediating Host-Microbiota Communications.

Salma Sultan, Walid Mottawea, JuDong Yeo, Riadh Hammami

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Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 47 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
47citing papers in PubMed
2.4field-weighted citation impact, top 10% 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

47 citing papers in PubMed, 52 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

4 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Salma SultanNuGut Research Platform, Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Nutrition Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5, Canada.
Walid MottaweaNuGut Research Platform, Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Nutrition Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-1260-2140
JuDong YeoNuGut Research Platform, Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Nutrition Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5, Canada.
Riadh HammamiNuGut Research Platform, Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Nutrition Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-3685-5639
University of Ottawa · CA

Funding

Weston Family Foundation Weston Family Microbiome Initiative
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Over the past decade, gut microbiota dysbiosis has been linked to many health disorders; however, the detailed mechanism of this correlation remains unclear. Gut microbiota can communicate with the host through immunological or metabolic signalling. Recently, microbiota-released extracellular vesicles (MEVs) have emerged as significant mediators in the intercellular signalling mechanism that could be an integral part of microbiota-host communications. MEVs are small membrane-bound vesicles that encase a broad spectrum of biologically active compounds (i.e., proteins, mRNA, miRNA, DNA, carbohydrates, and lipids), thus mediating the horizontal transfer of their cargo across intra- and intercellular space. In this study, we provide a comprehensive and in-depth discussion of the biogenesis of microbial-derived EVs, their classification and routes of production, as well as their role in inter-bacterial and inter-kingdom signaling.

Indexed as

Cell CommunicationGastrointestinal MicrobiomeHost Microbial InteractionsMicrobiotaAnimalsExtracellular VesiclesHumansSignal Transductiongut microbiotagut microbiota-brain axismicrobial metabolitesmicrobiota extracellular vesiclesmicrobiota-host communicationsmolecular signalling

Identifiers

PMID34884969
PMCPMC8658398
OpenAlexW4200236068

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Registered trials

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