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ArticleFrontiers in physiology2020

Essential Role of IFN-γ in Regulating Gut Antimicrobial Peptides and Microbiota to Protect Against Alcohol-Induced Bacterial Translocation and Hepatic Inflammation in Mice.

Ruichao Yue, Xiaoyuan Wei, Jiangchao Zhao, Zhanxiang Zhou, Wei Zhong

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Article in Frontiers in physiology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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25citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 14% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

25 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 35 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Ruichao YueCenter for Translational Biomedical Research, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, North Carolina Research Campus, Kannapolis, NC, United States.
Xiaoyuan WeiDivision of Agriculture, Department of Animal Science, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, United States.
Jiangchao ZhaoDivision of Agriculture, Department of Animal Science, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, United States.
Zhanxiang ZhouCenter for Translational Biomedical Research, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, North Carolina Research Campus, Kannapolis, NC, United States.
Wei ZhongCenter for Translational Biomedical Research, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, North Carolina Research Campus, Kannapolis, NC, United States.
University of North Carolina at Greensboro · USUniversity of Arkansas at Fayetteville · US

Funding

Aldehydes in Alcohol-Induced Organ InjuryR01AA020212 · NIAAA · UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA GREENSBORO · PI ZHANXIANG ZHOU · 2010 to 2026
$6.4M
Lipotoxicity in Alcoholic Liver DiseaseR01AA018844 · NIAAA · UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA GREENSBORO · PI ZHANXIANG ZHOU · 2009 to 2026
$6.0M
DUOX2 dysfunction in alcohol-induced host-microbiota dyshomeostasisR21AA026062 · NIAAA · UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA GREENSBORO · PI ZHONG, WEI · 2018 to 2019
$382k
NIAAA NIH HHS R01 AA018844NIAAA NIH HHS R01 AA020212NIAAA NIH HHS R21 AA026062
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The mechanisms by which alcohol provokes bacterial translocation in the development of alcoholic liver disease (ALD) remain incompletely defined. Our previous study demonstrates that impaired gut epithelial antimicrobial defense is critically involved in the pathogenesis of ALD. The study was set to determine the mechanisms of how alcohol inhibits the antimicrobial ability of intestinal epithelial cells (IECs) and to explore possible solutions to this issue. C57BL/6J mice were fed either alcohol or isocaloric dextrin liquid diet for 8 weeks, and intestinal IFN-γ-signal transducer and activator of transcription (STAT) signaling was analyzed. We found that chronic alcohol exposure led to a significant reduction in intestinal IFN-γ levels compared to a control; the protein levels of phosphorylated STAT1 (p-STAT1) and p-STAT3 were both declined by alcohol. We then tested the effects of IFN-γ-STAT signaling on regulating antimicrobial peptides (AMPs), gut microbiota, and disease progression of ALD in a mouse model of chronic alcohol feeding, time-course acute IFN-γ treatment, and

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alcoholantimicrobial peptideIFN-γmicrobiotaPAMP translocationSTAT

Identifiers

PMID33536944
PMCPMC7848155
OpenAlexW3125598832

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