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ArticleToxins2020

Classical and Alternative Activation of Rat Microglia Treated with Ultrapure

Zylfi Memedovski, Evan Czerwonka, Jin Han, Joshua Mayer, Margaret Luce, Lucas C Klemm, Mary L Hall, Alejandro M S Mayer

Open access · goldAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Toxins, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
10citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 21% 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

10 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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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 1 institution in 1 country.

Zylfi MemedovskiChicago College of Osteopathic Medicine, Midwestern University, Downers Grove, IL 60515, USA.
Evan CzerwonkaChicago College of Osteopathic Medicine, Midwestern University, Downers Grove, IL 60515, USA.
Jin HanCollege of Dental Medicine Illinois, Midwestern University, Downers Grove, IL 60515, USA.
Joshua MayerCollege of Dental Medicine Illinois, Midwestern University, Downers Grove, IL 60515, USA.
Margaret LuceCollege of Dental Medicine Illinois, Midwestern University, Downers Grove, IL 60515, USA.
Lucas C KlemmBiomedical Sciences Program, College of Graduate Studies, Midwestern University, Downer Grove, IL 60515, USA.
Mary L HallDepartment of Pharmacology, College of Graduate Studies, Midwestern University, Downers Grove, IL 60515, USA.
Alejandro M S MayerChicago College of Osteopathic Medicine, Midwestern University, Downers Grove, IL 60515, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8358-4528
Midwestern University · US

Funding

College of Graduate Studies and College of Dental Medicine Illinois, Midwestern University N/A
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The possible relationship between periodontal disease resulting from the infection of gingival tissue by the Gram-negative bacterium

Indexed as

AnimalsCells, CulturedCytokinesInflammation MediatorsLipopolysaccharidesMatrix Metalloproteinase 9MicrogliaOxidative StressPhenotypePorphyromonas gingivalisRatsSuperoxidesThromboxane B2CytokinesInflammation MediatorsLipopolysaccharidesMatrix Metalloproteinase 9Mmp9 protein, ratSuperoxidesThromboxane B2Escherichia colilipopolysaccharidemicroglianeuroinflammationperiodontitisPorphyromonas gingivalis

Identifiers

PMID32438602
PMCPMC7290770
OpenAlexW3027711599

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Registered trials

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