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ReviewJournal of Indian Society of Periodontology

Chemically modified tetracyclines: The novel host modulating agents.

Devulapalli Narasimha Swamy, Sahitya Sanivarapu, Srinivas Moogla, Vasavi Kapalavai

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Review in Journal of Indian Society of Periodontology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 18% 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

5 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Antibiotics for Rheumatologic Diseases: A Critical Review.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  4. Tetracycline repurposing in neurodegeneration: focus on Parkinson's disease.Journal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996) · 2018
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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

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Devulapalli Narasimha SwamyDepartment of Periodontics, SIBAR Institute of Dental Sciences, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India.
Sahitya SanivarapuDepartment of Periodontics, SIBAR Institute of Dental Sciences, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India.
Srinivas MooglaDepartment of Periodontics, SIBAR Institute of Dental Sciences, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India.
Vasavi KapalavaiDepartment of Periodontics, SIBAR Institute of Dental Sciences, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India.
Kamineni Institute of Dental Sciences · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Periodontal pathogens and destructive host responses are involved in the initiation and progression of periodontitis. The emergence of host response modulation as a treatment concept has resulted from our improved understanding of the pathogenesis of periodontal disease. A variety of drugs have been evaluated as host modulation agents (HMA), including Non Steroidal Anti Inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDS), bisphosphonates, tetracyclines, enamel matrix proteins and bone morphogenetic proteins. Chemically modified tetracyclines (CMTs) are one such group of drugs which have been viewed as potential host modulating agents by their anticollagenolytic property. The CMTs are designed to be more potent inhibitors of pro inflammatory mediators and can increase the levels of anti inflammatory mediators.

Indexed as

Anti-collagenolytic propertychemically modified tetracyclineshost modulationmatrix metalloproteinasestetracycline

Identifiers

PMID26392682
PMCPMC4555791
OpenAlexW1978117253

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