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Bacteroides uniformis

inflammatory bowel disease

Bacteroides uniformis has meaningful literature visibility in inflammatory bowel disease, but the current evidence mix suggests a substantial risk of overclaiming.

Bacteroides uniformis shows a moderate evidence base in inflammatory bowel disease, with multiple central papers and additional supporting literature.

bacteroides_uniformis
Credibility score
29
Human translation
1/5
Reproducibility
3/5
Novelty
3/5
Actionability
2/5
Credibility 29Human translation 1/5Reproducibility 3/5Novelty 3/5Actionability 2/5
Why this scores the way it does
  • moderate central evidence base
  • substantial preclinical support
Main caveats
  • preclinical evidence outweighs human evidence
  • retrieval noise or disease-specificity issues may remain

Internal review flags

1 flags
preclinical_heavy

Preclinical evidence exceeds central human evidence. Interpret translational relevance cautiously.

Primary central evidence

8 papers
Expansion of Bacteriophages Is Linked to Aggravated Intestinal Inflammation and Colitis.
2019
Cell host & microbe
Direct disease-relevant human paper with strong clinical, biomarker, or mechanistic framing.
Bacteroides-Derived Sphingolipids Are Critical for Maintaining Intestinal Homeostasis and Symbiosis.
2019
Cell host & microbe
Direct disease-relevant human paper with strong clinical, biomarker, or mechanistic framing.
Enterotoxigenic Bacteroidesfragilis Promotes Intestinal Inflammation and Malignancy by Inhibiting Exosome-Packaged miR-149-3p.
2021
Gastroenterology
Direct disease-relevant human paper with strong clinical, biomarker, or mechanistic framing.
Multi-omics analyses of the ulcerative colitis gut microbiome link Bacteroides vulgatus proteases with disease severity.
2022
Nature microbiology
Direct disease-relevant human paper with strong clinical, biomarker, or mechanistic framing.
Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease Show IgG Immune Responses Towards Specific Intestinal Bacterial Genera.
2022
Frontiers in immunology
Direct disease-relevant human paper with strong clinical, biomarker, or mechanistic framing.
Inflammatory bowel disease biomarkers revealed by the human gut microbiome network.
2023
Scientific reports
Direct disease-relevant human paper with strong clinical, biomarker, or mechanistic framing.
Bacteroides fragilis Toxin Suppresses METTL3-Mediated m6A Modification in Macrophage to Promote Inflammatory Bowel Disease.
2025
Journal of Crohn's & colitis
Direct disease-relevant human paper with strong clinical, biomarker, or mechanistic framing.
Multi-omics integration reveals functional signatures of gut microbiome in atherosclerosis.
2025
Gut microbes
Direct disease-relevant human paper with strong clinical, biomarker, or mechanistic framing.

Preclinical supporting evidence

18 papers
Diet rapidly and reproducibly alters the human gut microbiome.
2014
Nature
Disease-relevant preclinical or model-based paper useful as supporting evidence.
Indoleacrylic Acid Produced by Commensal Peptostreptococcus Species Suppresses Inflammation.
2017
Cell host & microbe
Disease-relevant preclinical or model-based paper useful as supporting evidence.
Fecal Microbiota Transplantation (FMT) Alleviates Experimental Colitis in Mice by Gut Microbiota Regulation.
2020
Journal of microbiology and biotechnology
Disease-relevant preclinical or model-based paper useful as supporting evidence.
Ecological Structuring of Temperate Bacteriophages in the Inflammatory Bowel Disease-Affected Gut.
2020
Microorganisms
Disease-relevant preclinical or model-based paper useful as supporting evidence.
Luteolin alleviates inflammation and modulates gut microbiota in ulcerative colitis rats.
2021
Life sciences
Disease-relevant preclinical or model-based paper useful as supporting evidence.
Icariin Inhibits Intestinal Inflammation of DSS-Induced Colitis Mice Through Modulating Intestinal Flora Abundance and Modulating p-p65/p65 Molecule.
2021
The Turkish journal of gastroenterology : the official journal of Turkish Society of Gastroenterology
Disease-relevant preclinical or model-based paper useful as supporting evidence.
Discovery of bioactive microbial gene products in inflammatory bowel disease.
2022
Nature
Disease-relevant preclinical or model-based paper useful as supporting evidence.
Bacteroides uniformis-induced perturbations in colonic microbiota and bile acid levels inhibit TH17 differentiation and ameliorate colitis developments.
2023
NPJ biofilms and microbiomes
Disease-relevant preclinical or model-based paper useful as supporting evidence.
Faecalibacterium prausnitzii, Bacteroides faecis and Roseburia intestinalis attenuate clinical symptoms of experimental colitis by regulating Treg/Th17 cell balance and intestinal barrier integrity.
2023
Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy = Biomedecine & pharmacotherapie
Disease-relevant preclinical or model-based paper useful as supporting evidence.
Discovery of Bacteroides uniformis F18-22 as a Safe and Novel Probiotic Bacterium for the Treatment of Ulcerative Colitis from the Healthy Human Colon.
2023
International journal of molecular sciences
Disease-relevant preclinical or model-based paper useful as supporting evidence.
Porphyromonas gingivalis aggravates colitis via a gut microbiota-linoleic acid metabolism-Th17/Treg cell balance axis.
2024
Nature communications
Disease-relevant preclinical or model-based paper useful as supporting evidence.
Bacteroides uniformis degrades β-glucan to promote Lactobacillus johnsonii improving indole-3-lactic acid levels in alleviating colitis.
2024
Microbiome
Disease-relevant preclinical or model-based paper useful as supporting evidence.
Vinegar-processed Schisandra Chinensis enhanced therapeutic effects on colitis-induced depression through tryptophan metabolism.
2024
Phytomedicine : international journal of phytotherapy and phytopharmacology
Disease-relevant preclinical or model-based paper useful as supporting evidence.
Galactooligosaccharides and Limosilactobacillus reuteri synergistically alleviate gut inflammation and barrier dysfunction by enriching Bacteroides acidifaciens for pentadecanoic acid biosynthesis.
2024
Nature communications
Disease-relevant preclinical or model-based paper useful as supporting evidence.
The inflammatory bowel disease and gut microbiome are restored by employing metformin-loaded alginate-shelled microcapsules.
2025
Journal of controlled release : official journal of the Controlled Release Society
Disease-relevant preclinical or model-based paper useful as supporting evidence.
Polysaccharides from Cistanche deserticola mitigate inflammatory bowel disease via modulating intestinal microbiota and SRC/EGFR/PI3K/AKT signaling pathways.
2025
International journal of biological macromolecules
Disease-relevant preclinical or model-based paper useful as supporting evidence.
A Bacteroides fragilis protease activates host PAR2 to induce intestinal pain and inflammation.
2025
Cell host & microbe
Disease-relevant preclinical or model-based paper useful as supporting evidence.
Akkermansia muciniphila-derived extracellular vesicles alleviate colitis-related cognitive impairment via tryptophan metabolic reprogramming of the gut‒brain axis.
2026
Gut microbes
Disease-relevant preclinical or model-based paper useful as supporting evidence.

Review supporting evidence

6 papers
The microbiota and inflammatory bowel disease: insights from animal models.
2013
Anaerobe
Relevant review or meta-analysis for the signal-disease area.
Smoking and the intestinal microbiome.
2018
Archives of microbiology
Relevant review or meta-analysis for the signal-disease area.
Gut Microbiota Is a Potential Biomarker in Inflammatory Bowel Disease.
2021
Frontiers in nutrition
Relevant review or meta-analysis for the signal-disease area.
Intestinal phages interact with bacteria and are involved in human diseases.
2022
Gut microbes
Relevant review or meta-analysis for the signal-disease area.
Gut microbiota, inflammatory bowel disease and colorectal cancer.
2022
World journal of gastroenterology
Relevant review or meta-analysis for the signal-disease area.
Pathobionts in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Origins, Underlying Mechanisms, and Implications for Clinical Care.
2024
Gastroenterology
Relevant review or meta-analysis for the signal-disease area.