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ReviewBioengineered2021

The roles of microbial products in the development of colorectal cancer: a review.

Yongkun Fang, Cheng Yan, Qi Zhao, Jiaming Xu, Zhuangzhuang Liu, Jin Gao, Hanjian Zhu, Zhujiang Dai, Daorong Wang, Dong Tang

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Review in Bioengineered, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 81 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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81citing papers in PubMed, 1 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

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

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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.

Yongkun FangDepartment of Clinical Medical College, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, Liaoning, P.R. China.
Cheng YanDepartment of Clinical Medical College, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, Liaoning, P.R. China.
Qi ZhaoDepartment of Clinical Medical College, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, P.R. China.
Jiaming XuDepartment of General Surgery, Institute of General Surgery, Clinical Medical College, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China.
Zhuangzhuang LiuDepartment of Clinical Medical College, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, Liaoning, P.R. China.
Jin GaoDepartment of Clinical Medical College, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, Liaoning, P.R. China.
Hanjian ZhuDepartment of Clinical Medical College, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, P.R. China.
Zhujiang DaiDepartment of Clinical Medical College, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, P.R. China.
Daorong WangDepartment of General Surgery, Institute of General Surgery, Clinical Medical College, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China.
Dong TangDepartment of General Surgery, Institute of General Surgery, Clinical Medical College, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A large number of microbes exist in the gut and they have the ability to process and utilize ingested food. It has been reported that their products are involved in colorectal cancer development. The molecular mechanisms which underlie the relationship between gut microbial products and CRC are still not fully understood. The role of some microbial products in CRC is particularly controversial. Elucidating the effects of gut microbiota products on CRC and their possible mechanisms is vital for CRC prevention and treatment. In this review, recent studies are examined in order to describe the contribution metabolites and toxicants which are produced by gut microbes make to CRC, primarily focusing on the involved molecular mechanisms.

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Colorectal NeoplasmsBacterial ToxinsBile Acids and SaltsFatty Acids, VolatileGastrointestinal MicrobiomeHumansKruppel-Like Factor 4Oxidative StressBacterial ToxinsBile Acids and SaltsFatty Acids, VolatileKLF4 protein, humanKruppel-Like Factor 4bacterial toxincolorectal cancerHuman gut microbiomemetabolismsecondary bile saltsshort-chain fatty acids

Identifiers

PMID33618627
PMCPMC8806273

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