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ArticleFrontiers in microbiology2018

Probiotic

Irfan A Rather, Vivek K Bajpai, Yun Suk Huh, Young-Kyu Han, Eijaz A Bhat, Jeongheui Lim, Woon K Paek, Yong-Ha Park

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Article in Frontiers in microbiology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 42 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
42citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.4field-weighted citation impact, top 7% 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

42 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 84 citations in OpenAlex.

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  13. Frontiers in immunology · 2025
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  18. Efficacy of Probiotic StrainsPharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024
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  20. The Skin Microbiome and its Significance for Dermatologists.American journal of clinical dermatology · 2024
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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

8 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Irfan A RatherDepartment of Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, School of Biotechnology, Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan, South Korea.
Vivek K BajpaiDepartment of Energy and Materials Engineering, Dongguk University, Seoul, South Korea.
Yun Suk HuhDepartment of Biological Engineering, Inha University, Incheon, South Korea.
Young-Kyu HanDepartment of Energy and Materials Engineering, Dongguk University, Seoul, South Korea.
Eijaz A BhatDepartment of Biochemistry, Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan, South Korea.
Jeongheui LimNational Science Museum, Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning, Daejeon, South Korea.
Woon K PaekNational Science Museum, Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning, Daejeon, South Korea.
Yong-Ha ParkDepartment of Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, School of Biotechnology, Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan, South Korea.
Yeungnam University · KRDongguk University · KRInha University · KRMinistry of Science ICT and Future Planning · KRNational Science Museum · KR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study was designed to evaluate the protective effect of ethanol extract (SEL001) isolated from a potent probiotic strain

Indexed as

imiquimodlactic acid bacteriaLactobacillus sakeipsoriasisskin inflammation

Identifiers

PMID29867905
PMCPMC5968580
OpenAlexW2800945096

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Registered trials

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