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ReviewPhotobiomodulation, photomedicine, and laser surgery2019

"Photobiomics": Can Light, Including Photobiomodulation, Alter the Microbiome?

Ann Liebert, Brian Bicknell, Daniel M Johnstone, Luke C Gordon, Hosen Kiat, Michael R Hamblin

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Review in Photobiomodulation, photomedicine, and laser surgery, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 37 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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37citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
6.0field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

37 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 85 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Transabdominal photobiomodulation applications: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2025
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  4. Photobiomodulation Strengthens Muscles via Its Dual Functions in Gut Microbiota.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025
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  14. The Effect of Photobiomodulation andJournal of lasers in medical sciences · 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

6 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Ann LiebertAustralasian Research Institute, Wahroonga, Australia.
Brian BicknellFaculty of Health Sciences, Australian Catholic University, North Sydney, Australia.
Daniel M JohnstoneDiscipline of Physiology, University of Sydney, Camperdown, Australia.
Luke C GordonDiscipline of Physiology, University of Sydney, Camperdown, Australia.
Hosen KiatFaculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Macquarie University, Marsfield, Australia.
Michael R HamblinWellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
The University of Sydney · AUAustralian Catholic University · AUHarvard University · USUNSW Sydney · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Low-Level Light TherapyAnimalsDysbiosisHumansMicrobiotabacteriametabolomemicrobiomephotobiomodulation

Identifiers

PMID31596658
PMCPMC6859693
OpenAlexW2980105574

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Registered trials

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