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ReviewTrends in immunology2014

Immunomicrobial pathogenesis of periodontitis: keystones, pathobionts, and host response.

George Hajishengallis

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Review in Trends in immunology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 582 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
582citing papers in PubMed, 6 pooled it
39.9field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

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

582 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 1,092 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

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

George HajishengallisDepartment of Microbiology, University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. Electronic address: geoh@upenn.edu.
University of Pennsylvania · US

Funding

P. gingivalis as a keystone pathogenR01DE015254 · NIDCR · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI HAJISHENGALLIS, GEORGIOS · 2004 to 2018
$4.6M
Oral Immunity and Adjuvant ReceptorsR01DE017138 · NIDCR · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI HAJISHENGALLIS, GEORGIOS · 2006 to 2014
$3.8M
Novel mechanisms and 'complement-ary' therapy in periodontitisR01DE021685 · NIDCR · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI HAJISHENGALLIS, GEORGIOS · 2012 to 2016
$2.0M
Aging and novel therapeutic interventions in periodontal diseaseRC4DE021580 · NIDCR · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI HAJISHENGALLIS, GEORGIOS · 2010 to 2010
$1.6M
NIDCR NIH HHS DE015254NIDCR NIH HHS DE017138NIDCR NIH HHS DE021580NIDCR NIH HHS DE021685NIDCR NIH HHS R01 DE015254NIDCR NIH HHS R01 DE017138NIDCR NIH HHS R01 DE021685NIDCR NIH HHS RC4 DE021580
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recent studies have uncovered novel mechanisms underlying the breakdown of periodontal host-microbe homeostasis, which can precipitate dysbiosis and periodontitis in susceptible hosts. Dysbiotic microbial communities of keystone pathogens and pathobionts are thought to exhibit synergistic virulence whereby not only can they endure the host response but can also thrive by exploiting tissue-destructive inflammation, which fuels a self-feeding cycle of escalating dysbiosis and inflammatory bone loss, potentially leading to tooth loss and systemic complications. Here, I discuss new paradigms in our understanding of periodontitis, which may shed light into other polymicrobial inflammatory disorders. In addition, I highlight gaps in knowledge required for an integrated picture of the interplay between microbes and innate and adaptive immune elements that initiate and propagate chronic periodontal inflammation.

Indexed as

Alveolar Bone LossCell CommunicationDisease SusceptibilityHost-Pathogen InteractionsHumansInflammationPeriodontitisdysbiosisinflammationkeystone pathogenpathobiontperiodontitis

Identifiers

PMID24269668
PMCPMC3947349
OpenAlexW2066151306

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