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Trial reportNutrients2024

Beneficial Effect of Heat-Killed Lactic Acid Bacterium

Yasuhiko Komatsu, Hiroyasu Miura, Yoshitaka Iwama, Yoshihisa Urita

Open access · goldAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
In one paragraph

Trial report in Nutrients, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
8citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
4.6field-weighted citation impact, top 5% 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

8 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
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  3. Trial
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  7. The Role of ProbioticsInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2026
    Review
  8. Targeted lungScience advances · 2026
    Article
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

4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Yasuhiko KomatsuSnowden Co., Ltd., Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-0032, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-1739-8222
Hiroyasu MiuraSnowden Co., Ltd., Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-0032, Japan.
Yoshitaka IwamaNihonbashi Cardiology Clinic, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 103-0001, Japan.
Yoshihisa UritaDepartment of General Medicine and Emergency Care, Toho University School of Medicine, Ota-ku, Tokyo 143-8541, Japan.
Megmilk Snow Brand (Japan) · JPNihon Medi-Physics (Japan) · JPToho University · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind, parallel-group clinical study was conducted to examine the effects of ingesting a heat-killed lactic acid bacterium,

Indexed as

Gastroesophageal RefluxLactobacillus johnsoniiProbioticsAdultDouble-Blind MethodFemaleGastrinsHealthy VolunteersHeartburnHot TemperatureHumansMaleMiddle AgedYoung AdultGastrinsclinical studygastroesophageal refluxhealthy adultlactic acid bacteriaLactobacillus johnsonipostbiotics

Identifiers

PMID38674920
PMCPMC11054138
OpenAlexW4395004360

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Registered trials

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