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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2015

Chemokine function in periodontal disease and oral cavity cancer.

Sinem Esra Sahingur, W Andrew Yeudall

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Review in Frontiers in immunology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 80 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
80citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
13.9field-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

80 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 146 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

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sinem Esra SahingurDepartment of Periodontics, Virginia Commonwealth University , Richmond, VA , USA ; Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Virginia Commonwealth University , Richmond, VA , USA.
W Andrew YeudallDepartment of Oral and Craniofacial Molecular Biology, Virginia Commonwealth University , Richmond, VA , USA ; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Virginia Commonwealth University , Richmond, VA , USA ; Massey Cancer Center, Virginia Commonwealth University , Richmond, VA , USA.
Virginia Commonwealth University · US

Funding

Center for Clinical and Translational ResearchUL1TR000058 · NCATS · VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY · PI MOELLER, FREDERICK GERARD · 2012 to 2015
$12.5M
Microbial Nucleic Acid Sensing in PeriodontitisR01DE025037 · NIDCR · VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY · PI SAHINGUR, SINEM ESRA · 2015 to 2019
$1.9M
Center for Clinical and Translational ResearchKL2TR000057 · NCATS · VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY · PI MOELLER, FREDERICK GERARD · 2012 to 2014
$1.4M
EPS8 as a Driver of the Oral Cancer Initiating Cell Phenotype.R01DE024381 · NIDCR · VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY · PI YEUDALL, WILLIAM ANDREW · 2014 to 2017
$1.3M
Inflammatory responses initiated by periodontal bacterial DNAR03DE022836 · NIDCR · VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY · PI SAHINGUR, SINEM ESRA · 2013 to 2014
$229k
NCATS NIH HHS KL2 TR000057NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR000058NIDCR NIH HHS R01 DE024381NIDCR NIH HHS R01 DE025037NIDCR NIH HHS R03 DE022836
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The chemotactic cytokines, or chemokines, comprise a superfamily of polypeptides with a wide range of activities that include recruitment of immune cells to sites of infection and inflammation, as well as stimulation of cell proliferation. As such, they function as antimicrobial molecules and play a central role in host defenses against pathogen challenge. However, their ability to recruit leukocytes and potentiate or prolong the inflammatory response may have profound implications for the progression of oral diseases such as chronic periodontitis, where tissue destruction may be widespread. Moreover, it is increasingly recognized that chronic inflammation is a key component of tumor progression. Interaction between cancer cells and their microenvironment is mediated in large part by secreted factors such as chemokines, and serves to enhance the malignant phenotype in oral and other cancers. In this article, we will outline the biological and biochemical mechanisms of chemokine action in host-microbiome interactions in periodontal disease and in oral cancer, and how these may overlap and contribute to pathogenesis.

Indexed as

chemokinehost–pathogen interactionsinflammationoral cancerperiodontitisToll-like receptor

Identifiers

PMID25999952
PMCPMC4419853
OpenAlexW1546896134

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