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ArticleScientific reports2017

The saliva microbiome profiles are minimally affected by collection method or DNA extraction protocols.

Yenkai Lim, Makrina Totsika, Mark Morrison, Chamindie Punyadeera

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In one paragraph

Article in Scientific reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03641989 (Correlation Between Oral Health and Systemic Inflammation), which is not on this map. Cited by 85 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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85citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
10.3field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

NCT03641989 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2018, after this paper: background citation

Correlation Between Oral Health and Systemic Inflammation (COHESION)

TypeinterventionalSponsorMarshfield Clinic Research FoundationRan2018 to 2019Enrolled112ConditionsInflammation, Periodontal Disease, GingivitisArmsPlaque disclosing toothpaste, Non-plaque disclosing toothpaste
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

85 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 136 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Yenkai LimThe School of Biomedical Sciences, Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, 60 Musk Avenue, Kelvin Grove, Brisbane, QLD, 4059, Australia.
Makrina TotsikaThe School of Biomedical Sciences, Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, 60 Musk Avenue, Kelvin Grove, Brisbane, QLD, 4059, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-2468-0293
Mark MorrisonThe University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, The University of Queensland, Translational Research Institute, Woolloongabba, Brisbane, QLD, 4102, Australia.
Chamindie PunyadeeraThe School of Biomedical Sciences, Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, 60 Musk Avenue, Kelvin Grove, Brisbane, QLD, 4059, Australia. chamindie.punyadeera@qut.edu.au.ORCID 0000-0002-9424-9661
Translational Research Institute · AUQueensland University of Technology · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Saliva has attracted attention as a diagnostic fluid due to the association of oral microbiota with systemic diseases. However, the lack of standardised methods for saliva collection has led to the slow uptake of saliva in microbiome research. The aim of this study was to systematically evaluate the potential effects on salivary microbiome profiles using different methods of saliva collection, storage and gDNA extraction. Three types of saliva fractions were collected from healthy individuals with or without the gDNA stabilising buffer. Subsequently, three types of gDNA extraction methods were evaluated to determine the gDNA extraction efficiencies from saliva samples. The purity of total bacterial gDNA was evaluated using the ratio of human β-globin to bacterial 16S rRNA PCR while 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing was carried out to identify the bacterial profiles present in these samples. The quantity and quality of extracted gDNA were similar among all three gDNA extraction methods and there were no statistically significant differences in the bacterial profiles among different saliva fractions at the genus-level of taxonomic classification. In conclusion, saliva sampling, processing and gDNA preparation do not have major influence on microbiome profiles.

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MicrobiotaAdultBacteriabeta-GlobinsCluster AnalysisDNA, BacterialDNA, RibosomalHealthy VolunteersHumansMetagenomicsPhylogenyReal-Time Polymerase Chain ReactionRNA, Ribosomal, 16SSalivaSequence Analysis, DNASpecimen Handlingbeta-GlobinsDNA, BacterialDNA, RibosomalRNA, Ribosomal, 16S

Identifiers

PMID28819242
PMCPMC5561025
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