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Gut microbiota-derived butyrate mediates the anticolitic effect of indigo supplementation through regulating CD4

Yunqi Xing, Muyuan Wang, Yali Yuan, Jiayan Hu, Zhibin Wang, Zhongmei Sun, Mengyu Zheng, Lei Shi, Junxiang Li, Tangyou Mao

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Article in iMeta, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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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

12 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  6. CD4Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2026
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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.

Yunqi XingDongfang Hospital Beijing University of Chinese Medicine Beijing P.R. China.
Muyuan WangDongfang Hospital Beijing University of Chinese Medicine Beijing P.R. China.ORCID 0009-0000-5626-7482
Yali YuanDongfang Hospital Beijing University of Chinese Medicine Beijing P.R. China.
Jiayan HuDongfang Hospital Beijing University of Chinese Medicine Beijing P.R. China.
Zhibin WangDongfang Hospital Beijing University of Chinese Medicine Beijing P.R. China.
Zhongmei SunTianjin Nankai Hospital Tianjin P.R. China.
Mengyu ZhengKing's College London UK.
Lei ShiDongfang Hospital Beijing University of Chinese Medicine Beijing P.R. China.
Junxiang LiDongfang Hospital Beijing University of Chinese Medicine Beijing P.R. China.
Tangyou MaoDongfang Hospital Beijing University of Chinese Medicine Beijing P.R. China.ORCID 0000-0003-3171-931X

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study explored the effect of plant-derived indigo supplementation on intestinal inflammation using in vivo, in vitro, and clinical sample analyses. Our results showed that indigo decreased mucosal inflammation by regulating CD4

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PMID40469515
PMCPMC12130576

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