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ArticleCentral-European journal of immunology2017

The influence of

Małgorzata Mazurek-Mochol, Edyta Majorczyk, Jadwiga Banach, Elżbieta Dembowska, Piotr Kuśnierczyk, Krzysztof Safranow, Andrzej Pawlik

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Article in Central-European journal of immunology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
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3citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 44% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Association between periodontal disease and prostate disease: a mini review.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Małgorzata Mazurek-MocholDepartment of Periodontology, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland.
Edyta MajorczykLudwik Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Wroclaw, Poland.
Jadwiga BanachDepartment of Periodontology, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland.
Elżbieta DembowskaDepartment of Periodontology, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland.
Piotr KuśnierczykLudwik Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Wroclaw, Poland.
Krzysztof SafranowDepartment of Biochemistry and Medical Chemistry, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland.
Andrzej PawlikDepartment of Physiology, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland.
Pomeranian Medical University · PLLudwik Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy · PL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionPeriodontal diseases are highly prevalent inflammatory, multifactorial diseases. Smoking is one of the most important environmental risk factors for the development and severity of periodontal disease. Killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptors (KIRs) are members of the immunoglobulin (Ig) superfamily and play an essential role in the regulation of NK cell activity, allowing natural killer (NK) cells to sense and respond to human leukocyte antigen (HLA) class I. The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of KIR gene presence/absence polymorphisms on the development of periodontal disease in smokers and non-smokers. MATERIAL AND

methodsThis study enrolled 400 Caucasian subjects (age range 25-69 years) from the West Pomeranian region of Poland. The subjects were categorized into four subgroups (smoking and non-smoking patients with periodontal disease; smoking and non-smoking subjects without periodontal disease - control subjects).

resultsThe differences of KIR gene frequencies between non-smoking patients and non-smoking control subjects as well as smoking patients and control subjects were not statistically significant. In multivariate regression analysis advanced age of patients and smoking were independent factors associated with increased frequency of periodontal disease.

conclusionsThe results of this study suggest that the main factor associated with increased risk of periodontal disease is smoking, whereas KIR presence/absence polymorphism is not a significant factor involved in the pathogenesis of periodontal disease.

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inhibitory/activating receptorskiller immunoglobulin-like receptors (KIRs)natural killer cells

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PMID29472811
PMCPMC5820974
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