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ReviewTranslational research : the journal of laboratory and clinical medicine2020

Gastrointestinal symptoms associated with COVID-19: impact on the gut microbiome.

Sonia Villapol

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Review in Translational research : the journal of laboratory and clinical medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 188 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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188citing papers in PubMed, 4 pooled it
25.4field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

188 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 350 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. COVID-19 alters human microbiomes: a meta-analysis.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2023
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  15. Human microbiome in post-acute COVID-19 syndrome (PACS).Current research in microbial sciences · 2025
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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

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sonia VillapolDepartment of Neurosurgery, Center for Neuroregeneration, Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, Texas; Department of Neuroscience in Neurological Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York. Electronic address: svillapol@houstonmethodist.org.
Cornell University · US

Funding

NINDS NIH HHS R21 NS106640
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has caused the greatest worldwide pandemic since the 1918 flu. The consequences of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) are devastating and represent the current major public health issue across the globe. At the onset, SARS-CoV-2 primarily attacks the respiratory system as it represents the main point of entry in the host, but it also can affect multiple organs. Although most of the patients do not present symptoms or are mildly symptomatic, some people infected with SARS-CoV-2 that experience more severe multiorgan dysfunction. The severity of COVID-19 is typically combined with a set of comorbidities such as hypertension, diabetes, obesity, and/or advanced age that seriously exacerbates the consequences of the infection. Also, SARS-CoV-2 can cause gastrointestinal symptoms, such as vomiting, diarrhea, or abdominal pain during the early phases of the disease. Intestinal dysfunction induces changes in intestinal microbes, and an increase in inflammatory cytokines. Thus, diagnosing gastrointestinal symptoms that precede respiratory problems during COVID-19 may be necessary for improved early detection and treatment. Uncovering the composition of the microbiota and its metabolic products in the context of COVID-19 can help determine novel biomarkers of the disease and help identify new therapeutic targets. Elucidating changes to the microbiome as reliable biomarkers in the context of COVID-19 represent an overlooked piece of the disease puzzle and requires further investigation.

Indexed as

BetacoronavirusGastrointestinal MicrobiomeComorbidityCoronavirus InfectionsCOVID-19Gastrointestinal DiseasesHumansPandemicsPneumonia, ViralSARS-CoV-2

Identifiers

PMID32827705
PMCPMC7438210
OpenAlexW3059033109

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