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ArticleiScience2021

The gut microbiota instructs the hepatic endothelial cell transcriptome.

Henning Formes, Joana P Bernardes, Amrit Mann, Franziska Bayer, Giulia Pontarollo, Klytaimnistra Kiouptsi, Katrin Schäfer, Sebastian Attig, Teodora Nikolova, Thomas G Hofmann and 7 more

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Article in iScience, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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19citing papers in PubMed
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 17% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

19 citing papers in PubMed, 25 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

17 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Henning FormesCenter for Thrombosis and Hemostasis (CTH), University Medical Center Mainz, Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Langenbeckstrasse 1, 55131 Mainz, Germany.
Joana P BernardesInstitute of Clinical Molecular Biology, Christian-Albrechts-University and University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, 24105 Kiel, Germany.
Amrit MannCenter for Thrombosis and Hemostasis (CTH), University Medical Center Mainz, Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Langenbeckstrasse 1, 55131 Mainz, Germany.
Franziska BayerCenter for Thrombosis and Hemostasis (CTH), University Medical Center Mainz, Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Langenbeckstrasse 1, 55131 Mainz, Germany.
Giulia PontarolloCenter for Thrombosis and Hemostasis (CTH), University Medical Center Mainz, Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Langenbeckstrasse 1, 55131 Mainz, Germany.
Klytaimnistra KiouptsiCenter for Thrombosis and Hemostasis (CTH), University Medical Center Mainz, Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Langenbeckstrasse 1, 55131 Mainz, Germany.
Katrin SchäferDepartment of Cardiology, Cardiology I, University Medical Center Mainz, Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Langenbeckstrasse 1, 55131 Mainz, Germany.
Sebastian AttigResearch Center for Immunotherapy (FZI), University Medical Center, Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Langenbeckstrasse 1, 55131 Mainz, Germany.
Teodora NikolovaInstitute of Toxicology, University Medical Center Mainz, Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, 55131 Mainz, Germany.
Thomas G HofmannInstitute of Toxicology, University Medical Center Mainz, Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, 55131 Mainz, Germany.
Jörn M SchattenbergMetabolic Liver Research Program, Department of Internal Medicine I, University Medical Center, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Langenbeckstrasse 1, 55131 Mainz, Germany.
Hristo TodorovInstitute of Human Genetics, University Medical Center, Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Langenbeckstrasse 1, 55131 Mainz, Germany.
Susanne GerberInstitute of Human Genetics, University Medical Center, Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Langenbeckstrasse 1, 55131 Mainz, Germany.
Philip RosenstielInstitute of Clinical Molecular Biology, Christian-Albrechts-University and University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, 24105 Kiel, Germany.
Tobias BoppResearch Center for Immunotherapy (FZI), University Medical Center, Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Langenbeckstrasse 1, 55131 Mainz, Germany.
Felix SommerInstitute of Clinical Molecular Biology, Christian-Albrechts-University and University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, 24105 Kiel, Germany.
Christoph ReinhardtCenter for Thrombosis and Hemostasis (CTH), University Medical Center Mainz, Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Langenbeckstrasse 1, 55131 Mainz, Germany.
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz · DEChristian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The gut microbiota affects remote organ functions but its impact on organotypic endothelial cell (EC) transcriptomes remains unexplored. The liver endothelium encounters microbiota-derived signals and metabolites via the portal circulation. To pinpoint how gut commensals affect the hepatic sinusoidal endothelium, a magnetic cell sorting protocol, combined with fluorescence-activated cell sorting, was used to isolate hepatic sinusoidal ECs from germ-free (GF) and conventionally raised (CONV-R) mice for transcriptome analysis by RNA sequencing. This resulted in a comprehensive map of microbiota-regulated hepatic EC-specific transcriptome profiles. Gene Ontology analysis revealed that several functional processes in the hepatic endothelium were affected. The absence of microbiota influenced the expression of genes involved in cholesterol flux and angiogenesis. Specifically, genes functioning in hepatic endothelial sphingosine metabolism and the sphingosine-1-phosphate pathway showed drastically increased expression in the GF state. Our analyses reveal a prominent role for the microbiota in shaping the transcriptional landscape of the hepatic endothelium.

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HepatologyMicrobiomeTranscriptomics

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PMID34622147
PMCPMC8479694
OpenAlexW3201070793

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