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ArticleImmunometabolism2022

Interactions of Non-Nutritive Artificial Sweeteners with the Microbiome in Metabolic Syndrome.

Valerie Harrington, Lilian Lau, Alexander Crits-Christoph, Jotham Suez

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Article in Immunometabolism, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 15% 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

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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

8 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Impacts of non-nutritive sweeteners on the human microbiome.Immunometabolism (Cobham, Surrey) · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Valerie HarringtonW. Harry Feinstone Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA.
Lilian LauW. Harry Feinstone Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA.
Alexander Crits-ChristophW. Harry Feinstone Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA.
Jotham SuezW. Harry Feinstone Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA.
Johns Hopkins University · US

Funding

The role of non-nutritive sweeteners-microbiome interactions in the pathogenesis of metabolic syndromeDP5OD029603 · OD · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI SUEZ, JOTHAM · 2020 to 2024
$2.0M
NIH HHS DP5 OD029603
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Replacing sugar with non-nutritive artificial sweeteners (NAS) is a popular dietary choice for the prevention and management of metabolic syndrome and its comorbidities. However, evidence in human trials is conflicted regarding the efficacy of this strategy and whether NAS may counterintuitively promote, rather than prevent, metabolic derangements. The heterogeneity in outcomes may stem in part from microbiome variation between human participants and across research animal vivaria, leading to differential interactions of NAS with gut bacteria. An increasing body of evidence indicates that NAS can alter the mammalian gut microbiome composition, function, and metabolome, which can, in turn, influence host metabolic health. While there is evidence for microbiome-mediated metabolic shifts in response to NAS, the mechanisms by which NAS affect the gut microbiome, and how the microbiome subsequently affects host metabolic processes, remain unclear. In this viewpoint, we discuss data from human and animal trials and provide an overview of the current evidence for NAS-mediated microbial and metabolomic changes. We also review potential mechanisms through which NAS may influence the microbiome and delineate the next steps required to inform public health policies.

Indexed as

diabetesmetabolic syndromemetabolomicsmetagenomicsmicrobiomenon-nutritive artificial sweeteners (NAS)obesity

Identifiers

PMID35528135
PMCPMC9075537
OpenAlexW4225657313

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