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ReviewThe Japanese dental science review2018

Regulation of defensive function on gingival epithelial cells can prevent periodontal disease.

Tsuyoshi Fujita, Tetsuya Yoshimoto, Mikihito Kajiya, Kazuhisa Ouhara, Shinji Matsuda, Tasuku Takemura, Keiichi Akutagawa, Katsuhiro Takeda, Noriyoshi Mizuno, Hidemi Kurihara

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Review in The Japanese dental science review, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
35citing papers in PubMed
2.7field-weighted citation impact, top 9% 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, 65 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

10 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Tsuyoshi FujitaDepartment of Periodontal Medicine, Graduate School of Biomedical & Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Japan.
Tetsuya YoshimotoDepartment of Periodontal Medicine, Graduate School of Biomedical & Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Japan.
Mikihito KajiyaDepartment of Periodontal Medicine, Graduate School of Biomedical & Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Japan.
Kazuhisa OuharaDepartment of Periodontal Medicine, Graduate School of Biomedical & Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Japan.
Shinji MatsudaDepartment of Periodontal Medicine, Graduate School of Biomedical & Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Japan.
Tasuku TakemuraDepartment of Periodontal Medicine, Graduate School of Biomedical & Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Japan.
Keiichi AkutagawaDepartment of Periodontal Medicine, Graduate School of Biomedical & Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Japan.
Katsuhiro TakedaDepartment of Periodontal Medicine, Graduate School of Biomedical & Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Japan.
Noriyoshi MizunoDepartment of Periodontal Medicine, Graduate School of Biomedical & Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Japan.
Hidemi KuriharaDepartment of Periodontal Medicine, Graduate School of Biomedical & Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Japan.
Hiroshima University · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Periodontal disease is a bacterial biofilm-associated inflammatory disease that has been implicated in many systemic diseases. A new preventive method for periodontal disease needs to be developed in order to promote the health of the elderly in a super-aged society. The gingival epithelium plays an important role as a mechanical barrier against bacterial invasion and a part of the innate immune response to infectious inflammation in periodontal tissue. The disorganization of cell-cell interactions and subsequent inflammation contribute to the initiation of periodontal disease. These make us consider that regulation of host defensive functions, epithelial barrier and neutrophil activity, may become novel preventive methods for periodontal inflammation. Based on this concept, we have found that several agents regulate the barrier function of gingival epithelial cells and suppress the accumulation of neutrophils in the gingival epithelium. We herein introduce the actions of irsogladine maleate, azithromycin, amphotericin B, and

Indexed as

Epithelial barrierGingival epithelial cellInterleukin-8Junctional epitheliumNeutrophil migrationPrevention of periodontal disease

Identifiers

PMID29755617
PMCPMC5944110
OpenAlexW2773764545

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