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ReviewEmerging infectious diseases2024

Archaea in the Human Microbiome and Potential Effects on Human Infectious Disease.

Stefanie Duller, Christine Moissl-Eichinger

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Review in Emerging infectious diseases, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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13citing papers in PubMed
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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

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

13 citing papers in PubMed.

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  8. Metagenomic Comparison of Gut Microbes ofAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Stefanie Duller
Christine Moissl-Eichinger

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Archaea represent a separate domain of life, next to bacteria and eukarya. As components of the human microbiome, archaea have been associated with various diseases, including periodontitis, endodontic infections, small intestinal bacterial overgrowth, and urogenital tract infections. Archaea are generally considered nonpathogenic; the reasons are speculative because of limited knowledge and gene annotation challenges. Nevertheless, archaeal syntrophic principles that shape global microbial networks aid both archaea and potentially pathogenic bacteria. Evaluating archaea interactions remains challenging, requiring clinical studies on inflammatory potential and the effects of archaeal metabolism. Establishing a culture collection is crucial for investigating archaea functions within the human microbiome, which could improve health outcomes in infectious diseases. We summarize potential reasons for archaeal nonpathogenicity, assess the association with infectious diseases in humans, and discuss the necessary experimental steps to enable mechanistic studies involving archaea.

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ArchaeaMicrobiotaCommunicable DiseasesHumansarchaeagastrointestinal tracthuman microbiomeMethanobrevibactermicrobiomeoral cavitypathogenicityurogenital tract

Identifiers

PMID39043386
PMCPMC11286065

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