Evidence map›Paper›PMID 38412016›Full record

ArticleeLife2024

Oral supplementation of gut microbial metabolite indole-3-acetate alleviates diet-induced steatosis and inflammation in mice.

Yufang Ding, Karin Yanagi, Fang Yang, Evelyn Callaway, Clint Cheng, Martha E Hensel, Rani Menon, Robert C Alaniz, Kyongbum Lee, Arul Jayaraman

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Article in eLife, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 36 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
36citing papers in PubMed
6.8field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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, 44 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

10 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yufang Ding *Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6633-8192
Karin Yanagi *Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Tufts University, Medford, United States.
Fang YangArtie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, United States.
Evelyn CallawayArtie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, United States.
Clint ChengArtie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, United States.
Martha E HenselDepartment of Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, United States.
Rani MenonArtie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, United States.
Robert C AlanizDepartment of Microbial Pathogenesis and Immunology, College of Medicine, Texas Health Science Center, Texas A&M University, Bryan, United States.
Kyongbum LeeDepartment of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Tufts University, Medford, United States.
Arul JayaramanArtie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9276-8284
Tufts University · US

Funding

Texas A and M University Ray B. Nesbitt Endowed ChairTufts University Karol Family Professorship
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the most common chronic liver disease in Western countries. There is growing evidence that dysbiosis of the intestinal microbiota and disruption of microbiota-host interactions contribute to the pathology of NAFLD. We previously demonstrated that gut microbiota-derived tryptophan metabolite indole-3-acetate (I3A) was decreased in both cecum and liver of high-fat diet-fed mice and attenuated the expression of inflammatory cytokines in macrophages and

Indexed as

Gastrointestinal MicrobiomeNon-alcoholic Fatty Liver DiseaseAcetatesAnimalsCytokinesDietary SupplementsDiet, WesternIndolesInflammationMiceAcetatesCytokinesIndolesimmunologyindole-3-acetic acidinflammationlivermedicinemicrobiotamouse

Identifiers

PMID38412016
PMCPMC10942630
OpenAlexW4379520990

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