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ReviewFuture microbiology2015

Biogenesis and function of Porphyromonas gingivalis outer membrane vesicles.

H Xie

Abstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review in Future microbiology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 44 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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44citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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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

44 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Pooled it
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  5. International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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  6. Virulence diversity amongJournal of oral microbiology · 2026
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  11. Alzheimer's Disease andLife (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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  12. Outer membrane vesicles ofFrontiers in microbiology · 2025
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  14. International journal of veterinary science and medicine · 2024
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  18. Local and Systemic Effects ofMicroorganisms · 2023
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  19. Frontiers in immunology · 2023
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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.

H XieDepartment of Oral Biology, School of Dentistry, Meharry Medical College, 1005 Dr DB Todd, Nashville, Tennessee, TN 37208, USA.

Funding

Technologies and Resources CoreU54MD007593 · NIMHD · MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE · PI ADUNYAH, SAMUEL EVANS · 2012 to 2018
$24.7M
Meharry RCMI Program in Women's Health ResearchG12MD007586 · NIMHD · MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE · PI HILDRETH, JAMES E · 2012 to 2016
$7.8M
Identification of a novel signaling network in Porphyromonas gingivalisR21DE020915 · NIDCR · MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE · PI XIE, HUA · 2011 to 2012
$424k
Distribution correlation of P. gingivalis and S. cristatus in dental plaqueR21DE022428 · NIDCR · MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE · PI XIE, HUA · 2012 to 2013
$408k
Identification of cyclic di-GMP signaling components in P. gingivalisR21DE025332 · NIDCR · MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE · PI XIE, HUA · 2015 to 2016
$400k
NIDCR NIH HHS DE020915NIDCR NIH HHS DE022428NIDCR NIH HHS R21 DE020915NIDCR NIH HHS R21 DE022428NIDCR NIH HHS R21 DE025332NIMHD NIH HHS G12 MD007586NIMHD NIH HHS U54 MD007593NIMHD NIH HHS U54MD007593
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Porphyromonas gingivalis is one of the keystone pathogens associated with chronic periodontitis. All P. gingivalis strains examined thus far produce outer membrane vesicles. Recent studies have found that vesicles possess some well-known virulence factors of P. gingivalis such as adhesins, toxins and proteolytic enzymes. Carrying most of the characteristic features of their parent P. gingivalis cells, vesicles communicate with host cells and other members of microbial biofilms, resulting in the transmission of virulence factors into these host cells and the formation of pathogenic bacteria-dominated microbial communities. An in-depth understanding of both the nature and role of vesicles in the pathogenicity of P. gingivalis is both important and timely, particularly when speaking of periodontitis and its related systemic effects.

Indexed as

Adhesins, BacterialBiofilmsHumansMicrobial ConsortiaOrganelle BiogenesisPeriodontitisPorphyromonas gingivalisTransport VesiclesVirulence FactorsAdhesins, BacterialVirulence FactorsGram-negative bacteriainterspecies interactions outer membrane vesiclesregulation of OMV biogenesis virulence factors

Identifiers

PMID26343879
PMCPMC4603655

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