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ArticleBiomedicines2022

InSug O-Sullivan, Arivarasu Natarajan Anbazhagan, Gurjit Singh, Kaige Ma, Stefan J Green, Megha Singhal, Jun Wang, Anoop Kumar, Pradeep K Dudeja, Terry G Unterman and 4 more

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Article in Biomedicines, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 36 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
36citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
7.1field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

36 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 46 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

14 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

InSug O-SullivanDepartment of Medicine, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0161-2028
Arivarasu Natarajan AnbazhaganDepartment of Medicine, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, USA.
Gurjit SinghBiomedical Engineering, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4648-0578
Kaige MaBiomedical Engineering, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3099-2170
Stefan J GreenGenomic Research Core, Research Resources Center, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, USA.
Megha SinghalDepartment of Medicine, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, USA.
Jun WangBiomedical Engineering, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, USA.
Anoop KumarDepartment of Medicine, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, USA.
Pradeep K DudejaDepartment of Medicine, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, USA.
Terry G UntermanDepartment of Medicine, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, USA.
Gina Votta-VelisJesse Brown Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Chicago, IL 60612, USA.
Benjamin BruceJesse Brown Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Chicago, IL 60612, USA.
Andre J van WijnenBiochemistry, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4458-0946
Hee-Jeong ImBiomedical Engineering, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, USA.
University of Illinois Chicago · USJesse Brown VA Medical Center · USUniversity of Vermont · US

Funding

Intestinal Anion Transporters: Function and RegulationR01DK054016 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO · PI DUDEJA, PRADEEP K · 1998 to 2022
$7.0M
Validation of Novel Target for OA TreatmentR01AR077890 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO · PI ROYSTON, THOMAS J · 2020 to 2020
$4.2M
Transporter Trafficking Mechanisms in Infectious DiarrheaR01DK092441 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO · PI DUDEJA, PRADEEP K · 2011 to 2020
$3.0M
Novel Role of DRA/SLC26A3 Downregulation in Gut Dysbiosis, Inflammation and InfectionR56DK092441 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO · PI DUDEJA, PRADEEP K · 2023 to 2023
$533k
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

To test probiotic therapy for osteoarthritis (OA), we administered Lactobacillus acidophilus (LA) by oral gavage (2×/week) after induction of OA by partial medial meniscectomy (PMM). Pain was assessed by von Frey filament and hot plate testing. Joint pathology and pain markers were comprehensively analyzed in knee joints, spinal cords, dorsal root ganglia and distal colon by Safranin O/fast green staining, immunofluorescence microscopy and RT-qPCR. LA acutely reduced inflammatory knee joint pain and prevented further OA progression. The therapeutic efficacy of LA was supported by a significant reduction of cartilage-degrading enzymes, pain markers and inflammatory factors in the tissues we examined. This finding suggests a likely clinical effect of LA on OA. The effect of LA treatment on the fecal microbiome was assessed by 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing analysis. LA significantly altered the fecal microbiota compared to vehicle-treated mice (PERMANOVA p < 0.009). Our pre-clinical OA animal model revealed significant OA disease modifying effects of LA as reflected by rapid joint pain reduction, cartilage protection, and reversal of dysbiosis. Our findings suggest that LA treatment has beneficial systemic effects that can potentially be developed as a safe OA disease-modifying drug (OADMD).

Indexed as

dysbiosisOADMDosteoarthritisprobiotics

Identifiers

PMID35740320
PMCPMC9220766
OpenAlexW4281608397

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