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ArticleExperimental and therapeutic medicine2019

Downregulation of microRNA-204 increases the expression of matrix metallopeptidase 9 in pediatric patients with pulpitis and

Shu Zhou, Ji Xu

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Article in Experimental and therapeutic medicine, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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9citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 26% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  8. MicroRNA Modulation of Host Immune Response and Inflammation Triggered byInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2021
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  9. Sample-to-answer salivary miRNA testing: New frontiers in point-of-care diagnostic technologies.Wiley interdisciplinary reviews. Nanomedicine and nanobiotechnology
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Shu ZhouDental Department, Children's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210008, P.R. China.
Ji XuDental Department, Children's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210008, P.R. China.
Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The present study examined the expression of microRNA (miRNA or miR)-204 in pulp tissues, blood and saliva from pediatric patients with pulpitis and an underlying

Indexed as

Helicobacter pylorimatrix metallopeptidase 9miRNA-204pulpitis

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PMID31258660
PMCPMC6566020
OpenAlexW2941643039

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