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ArticleJournal of oral microbiology2018

Defining the gut microbiota in individuals with periodontal diseases: an exploratory study.

Talita Gomes Baeta Lourenςo, Sarah J Spencer, Eric John Alm, Ana Paula Vieira Colombo

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Article in Journal of oral microbiology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 96 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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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

96 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  6. Periodontitis in Patients With Severe Obesity: From the Oral and Gut Microbiota Dysregulation to the Visceral Adipose Tissue Inflammatory and Metabolic Disorders.FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2026
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  9. [Recent Research Progress and Prospects on Periodontitis Affecting Systemic Comorbidities via the Oral-Gut Axis].Sichuan da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Sichuan University. Medical science edition · 2026
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  11. Journal of oral microbiology · 2026
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  19. Non-Surgical Periodontal Therapy and Metformin Improve Bone Loss in Obese Mice With Periodontitis by Modulating the Gut Microbiota.FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2025
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36 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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

4 authors.

Talita Gomes Baeta LourenςoDepartment of Medical Microbiology, Institute of Microbiology, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0003-0966-3620
Sarah J SpencerComputational and Systems Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2744-8994
Eric John AlmDepartment of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8294-9364
Ana Paula Vieira ColomboDepartment of Medical Microbiology, Institute of Microbiology, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-2061-1840

Funding

TOXICOLOGY CORE UNITP30ES002109 · NIEHS · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI LEVINE, STUART S · 1985 to 2020
$25.6M
NIEHS NIH HHS P30 ES002109
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Gut microbiomehuman microbiomemicrobial metagenomeoral microorganismsperiodontal diseases

Identifiers

PMID29988721
PMCPMC6032013

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