Evidence map›Paper›PMID 31853321›Full record

ArticleExperimental and therapeutic medicine2020

Evaluation of the inhibitory effects of vaginal microorganisms on sperm motility

Huan Wang, Tingtao Chen, Yidan Chen, Tao Luo, Buzhen Tan, Houyang Chen, Hongbo Xin

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Article in Experimental and therapeutic medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It has been retracted, and should not be counted. Cited by 14 papers.

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14citing papers in PubMed
2.0field-weighted citation impact, top 13% 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

14 citing papers in PubMed, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
  2. Semen Microbiome, Male Infertility, and Reproductive Health.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  12. Vaginal ProbioticFrontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2021
    Article
  13. Microorganisms · 2020
    Article
  14. Role ofFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2020
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Huan WangSchool of Life Sciences, Institute of Translational Medicine, Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330031, P.R. China.
Tingtao ChenSchool of Life Sciences, Institute of Translational Medicine, Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330031, P.R. China.
Yidan ChenSchool of Life Sciences, Institute of Translational Medicine, Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330031, P.R. China.
Tao LuoNational Engineering Research Center for Bioengineering Drugs and Technologies, Institute of Translational Medicine, Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330031, P.R. China.
Buzhen TanDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330006, P.R. China.
Houyang ChenReproductive Medical Centre, Jiangxi Maternal and Child Health Hospital, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330031, P.R. China.
Hongbo XinSchool of Life Sciences, Institute of Translational Medicine, Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330031, P.R. China.
Nanchang University · CNJiangxi Maternal and Child Health Hospital · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Female infertility usually occurs as a result of ageing, physical impairment, hormone disturbances and lifestyle or environmental factors. However, the potential role of

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high-throughput sequencingLactobacillussperm motilityvaginal bacteria

Identifiers

PMID31853321
PMCPMC6909777
OpenAlexW2991396538

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