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ArticleGut microbes

Dietary Isoflavones Alter Gut Microbiota and Lipopolysaccharide Biosynthesis to Reduce Inflammation.

Sudeep Ghimire, Nicole M Cady, Peter Lehman, Stephanie R Peterson, Shailesh K Shahi, Faraz Rashid, Shailendra Giri, Ashutosh K Mangalam

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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 33 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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33citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.8field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

33 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 49 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Gut-derived genistein fromGut microbes · 2026
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  4. Association between maternal dietary isoflavone consumption during pregnancy and childhood food allergy in offspring: The Japan Environment and Children's study.Pediatric allergy and immunology : official publication of the European Society of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology · 2026
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  13. Role of isoflavones in multiple sclerosis.IBRO neuroscience reports · 2025
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  18. Specific microbial ratio in the gut microbiome is associated with multiple sclerosis.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Sudeep GhimireDepartment of Pathology University of Iowa Iowa City Iowa USA.
Nicole M CadyDepartment of Pathology University of Iowa Iowa City Iowa USA.
Peter LehmanDepartment of Pathology University of Iowa Iowa City Iowa USA.
Stephanie R PetersonDepartment of Pathology University of Iowa Iowa City Iowa USA.
Shailesh K ShahiDepartment of Pathology University of Iowa Iowa City Iowa USA.
Faraz RashidDepartment of Neurology Henry Ford Health System Detroit MI USA.
Shailendra GiriDepartment of Neurology Henry Ford Health System Detroit MI USA.
Ashutosh K MangalamDepartment of Pathology University of Iowa Iowa City Iowa USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9926-2531
University of Iowa · USHenry Ford Health System · US

Funding

Pulmonary Toxicology Facility CoreP30ES005605 · NIEHS · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI HANS-JOACHIM LEHMLER · 1990 to 2026
$40.5M
INTERDISCIPLINARY IMMUNOLOGY TRAINING PROGRAMT32AI007260 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI BUTLER, NOAH SULLIVAN, WU, LI · 1986 to 2023
$5.7M
PREDOCTORAL TRAINING PROGRAM IN IMMUNOLOGYT32AI007485 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI Kevin L Legge · 1995 to 2026
$5.4M
Linking diet, gut microbiota and autoimmune disease: Bacteria induced phytoestrogen metabolites impact immune function in Experimental Autoimmune EncephalitisR01AI137075 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI MANGALAM, ASHUTOSH KUMAR · 2018 to 2022
$2.0M
Effect of Gut Microbiome Dysbiosis in the Pathobiology of Multiple SclerosisI01CX002212 · VA · IOWA CITY VA MEDICAL CENTER · PI MANGALAM, ASHUTOSH KUMAR · 2021 to 2024
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CSRD VA I01 CX002212NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI137075NIAID NIH HHS T32 AI007260NIAID NIH HHS T32 AI007485NIEHS NIH HHS P30 ES005605
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The etiopathogenesis of multiple sclerosis (MS) is strongly affected by environmental factors such as diet and the gut microbiota. An isoflavone-rich (ISO) diet was previously shown to reduce the severity of MS in the animal model experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE). Translation of this concept to clinical trial where dietary isoflavones may be recommended for MS patients will require preliminary evidence that providing the isoflavone-rich diet to people with MS (PwMS) who lack phytoestrogen-metabolizing bacteria has beneficial effects. We have previously shown that the gut microbiota of PwMS resembles the gut microbiota of mice raised under a phytoestrogen-free (phyto-free) diet in that it lacks phytoestrogen-metabolizing bacteria. To investigate the effects of phytoestrogens on the microbiota inflammatory response and EAE disease severity we switched the diet of mice raised under a phyto-free (PF) diet to an isoflavone-rich diet. Microbiota analysis showed that the change in diet from one that is ISO to one that is PF reduces beneficial bacteria such as

Indexed as

Encephalomyelitis, Autoimmune, ExperimentalGastrointestinal MicrobiomeIsoflavonesAnimalsCytokinesDietInflammationLipopolysaccharidesMiceMice, Inbred C57BLPhytoestrogensCytokinesIsoflavonesLipopolysaccharidesPhytoestrogensdietEAEGut microbiotaisoflavoneslipopolysaccharides

Identifiers

PMID36179318
PMCPMC9542810
OpenAlexW4298126233

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