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ArticleMicrobial biotechnology2023

MiGut: A scalable in vitro platform for simulating the human gut microbiome-Development, validation and simulation of antibiotic-induced dysbiosis.

William A Davis Birch, Ines B Moura, Duncan J Ewin, Mark H Wilcox, Anthony M Buckley, Peter R Culmer, Nikil Kapur

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Article in Microbial biotechnology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10citing papers in PubMed
2.9field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

William A Davis BirchSchool of Mechanical Engineering, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-3352-1721
Ines B MouraHealthcare-Associated Infections Group, Leeds Institute of Medical Research, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-3019-7196
Duncan J EwinHealthcare-Associated Infections Group, Leeds Institute of Medical Research, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-6044-5368
Mark H WilcoxHealthcare-Associated Infections Group, Leeds Institute of Medical Research, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-4565-2868
Anthony M BuckleyHealthcare-Associated Infections Group, Leeds Institute of Medical Research, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-2790-0717
Peter R CulmerSchool of Mechanical Engineering, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-2867-0420
Nikil KapurSchool of Mechanical Engineering, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-1041-8390
University of Leeds · GBLeeds General Infirmary · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In vitro models of the human colon have been used extensively in understanding the human gut microbiome (GM) and evaluating how internal and external factors affect the residing bacterial populations. Such models have been shown to be highly predictive of in vivo outcomes and have a number of advantages over animal models. The complexity required by in vitro models to closely mimic the physiology of the colon poses practical limits on their scalability. The scalable Mini Gut (MiGut) platform presented in this paper allows considerable expansion of model replicates and enables complex study design, without compromising on in vivo reflectiveness as is often the case with other model systems. MiGut has been benchmarked against a validated gut model in a demanding 9-week study. MiGut showed excellent repeatability between model replicates and results were consistent with those of the benchmark system. The novel technology presented in this paper makes it conceivable that tens of models could be run simultaneously, allowing complex microbiome-xenobiotic interactions to be explored in far greater detail, with minimal added resources or complexity. This platform expands the capacity to generate clinically relevant data to support our understanding of the cause-effect relationships that govern the GM.

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Gastrointestinal MicrobiomeMicrobiotaAnimalsAnti-Bacterial AgentsBacteriaDysbiosisHumansAnti-Bacterial Agents

Identifiers

PMID37035991
PMCPMC10221534
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