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ArticleCell reports2023

Microbiota-produced indole metabolites disrupt mitochondrial function and inhibit Cryptosporidium parvum growth.

Lisa J Funkhouser-Jones, Rui Xu, Georgia Wilke, Yong Fu, Lawrence A Schriefer, Heyde Makimaa, Rachel Rodgers, Elizabeth A Kennedy, Kelli L VanDussen, Thaddeus S Stappenbeck and 2 more

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Article in Cell reports, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
28citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
20.8field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
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

28 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 44 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Lisa J Funkhouser-JonesDepartment of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.
Rui XuDepartment of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.
Georgia WilkeDepartment of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.
Yong FuDepartment of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.
Lawrence A SchrieferDepartment of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Edison Family Center for Genome Sciences and Systems Biology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.
Heyde MakimaaDepartment of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Edison Family Center for Genome Sciences and Systems Biology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.
Rachel RodgersDepartment of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Edison Family Center for Genome Sciences and Systems Biology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.
Elizabeth A KennedyDepartment of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Edison Family Center for Genome Sciences and Systems Biology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.
Kelli L VanDussenDepartment of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.
Thaddeus S StappenbeckDepartment of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.
Megan T BaldridgeDepartment of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Edison Family Center for Genome Sciences and Systems Biology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.
L David SibleyDepartment of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA. Electronic address: sibley@wustl.edu.
Washington University in St. Louis · US

Funding

Washington University Center for Cellular ImagingP30CA091842 · NCI · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI TIMOTHY J. EBERLEIN · 2001 to 2026
$128.0M
WU INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL AND TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCESUL1TR002345 · NCATS · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI William G. Powderly · 2017 to 2026
$97.8M
Washington University Nutrition Obesity Research CenterP30DK056341 · NIDDK · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI Dominic N Reeds · 1999 to 2026
$30.2M
Effect of Microbial Metabolites on Growth of CryptosporidiumR01AI145496 · NIAID · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI SIBLEY, L. DAVID · 2020 to 2023
$2.7M
DEFINING THE BASIS OF EPITHELIAL DEFECTS IN CROHN'S DISEASE PATIENTSK01DK109081 · NIDDK · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI VANDUSSEN, KELLI LYNN · 2016 to 2020
$737k
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR002345NCI NIH HHS P30 CA091842NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI145496NIDDK NIH HHS K01 DK109081NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK056341
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cryptosporidiosis is a leading cause of life-threatening diarrhea in young children in resource-poor settings. To explore microbial influences on susceptibility, we screened 85 microbiota-associated metabolites for their effects on Cryptosporidium parvum growth in vitro. We identify eight inhibitory metabolites in three main classes: secondary bile salts/acids, a vitamin B

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CryptosporidiosisCryptosporidiumCryptosporidium parvumMicrobiotaAnimalsIndolesMiceMitochondriaindoleIndolesapicomplexan parasiteCP: Microbiologyindolemembrane potentialmetabolismmicrobial metabolitesmicrobiotamitochondriamitosomemucosal infectionparasitology

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PMID37384526
PMCPMC10530208
OpenAlexW4382361309

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