Evidence map›Paper›PMID 28036052›Full record

ReviewGenes2016

Sugar Allocation to Metabolic Pathways is Tightly Regulated and Affects the Virulence of Streptococcus mutans.

Miki Kawada-Matsuo, Yuichi Oogai, Hitoshi Komatsuzawa

Open access · goldAbstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review in Genes, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
35citing papers in PubMed
3.0field-weighted citation impact, top 8% 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

35 citing papers in PubMed, 59 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. α2-3-Sialylated Glycoproteins AttenuateInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2026
    Article
  2. Air restriction enhancesMicrobiology spectrum · 2026
    Article
  3. Article
  4. Review
  5. Review
  6. Review
  7. Review
  8. Article
  9. Article
  10. Article
  11. Exploration of the primary antibiofilm substance and mechanism employed byFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2025
    Article
  12. Article
  13. Article
  14. Caries Etiology and Preventive Measures.European journal of dentistry · 2024
    Article
  15. Article
  16. Polymerase chain reaction-based identification of various serotypes ofJournal of conservative dentistry and endodontics · 2024
    Article
  17. Article
  18. Article
  19. Article
  20. Article
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

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Miki Kawada-MatsuoDepartment of Oral Microbiology, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima 890-8544, Japan. mmatsuo@dent.kagoshima-u.ac.jp.
Yuichi OogaiDepartment of Oral Microbiology, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima 890-8544, Japan. oogai@dent.kagoshima-u.ac.jp.
Hitoshi KomatsuzawaDepartment of Oral Microbiology, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima 890-8544, Japan. hkomatsu@dent.kagoshima-u.ac.jp.
Kagoshima University · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bacteria take up and metabolize sugar as a carbohydrate source for survival. Most bacteria can utilize many sugars, including glucose, sucrose, and galactose, as well as amino sugars, such as glucosamine and

Indexed as

GlmSNagBStreptococcus mutanssugar distributionvirulence

Identifiers

PMID28036052
PMCPMC5295006
OpenAlexW2563886047

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.