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ArticleBiology2020

Oral Microbiota and Immune System Crosstalk: A Translational Research.

Andrea Ballini, Gianna Dipalma, Ciro Gargiulo Isacco, Mariarosaria Boccellino, Marina Di Domenico, Luigi Santacroce, Kieu C D Nguyễn, Salvatore Scacco, Maura Calvani, Anna Boddi and 5 more

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Article in Biology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 66 papers, 8 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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66citing papers in PubMed, 8 pooled it
10.2field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

66 citing papers in PubMed, 8 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 80 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Andrea BalliniDepartment of Biosciences, Biotechnologies and Biopharmaceutics, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Campus Universitario "Ernesto Quagliariello", 70125 Bari, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-8758-1415
Gianna DipalmaDepartment of Interdisciplinary Medicine, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", 70121 Bari, Italy.
Ciro Gargiulo IsaccoDepartment of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sense Organs, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", 70121 Bari, Italy.
Mariarosaria BoccellinoDepartment of Precision Medicine, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", 80138 Naples, Italy.
Marina Di DomenicoDepartment of Precision Medicine, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", 80138 Naples, Italy.
Luigi SantacroceIonian Department, Microbiology and Virology Laboratory, Policlinico University Hospital, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", 70124 Bari, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-5671-8124
Kieu C D NguyễnHuman Stem Cell's HSC, Ho Chi Minh City 70000, Vietnam.
Salvatore ScaccoDepartment of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sense Organs, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", 70121 Bari, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-2717-2489
Maura CalvaniDivision of Pediatric Oncology/Hematology, Meyer University Children's Hospital, 50139 Florence, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-0750-4706
Anna BoddiBiomolecular Diagnostic Srl, 50139 Florence, Italy.
Fabiana CorcioliBiomolecular Diagnostic Srl, 50139 Florence, Italy.
Lucio QuagliuoloDepartment of Precision Medicine, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", 80138 Naples, Italy.
Stefania CantoreDepartment of Interdisciplinary Medicine, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", 70121 Bari, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9521-2521
Francesco Saverio MartelliDepartment of Interdisciplinary Medicine, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", 70121 Bari, Italy.
Francesco InchingoloDepartment of Interdisciplinary Medicine, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", 70121 Bari, Italy.
University of Bari Aldo Moro · ITUniversity of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli" · ITMeyer Children's Hospital · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundOral pathogens may exert the ability to trigger differently the activation of local macrophage immune responses, for instance

methodsIn healthy individuals vs. periodontal disease patients' blood samples, the differentiation process from monocyte to M1 and M2 was conducted using two typical growth factors, the granulocyte/macrophage colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF) and the macrophage colony stimulating factor (M-CSF).

resultsIn contrast with the current literature our outcomes showed a noticeable increase of macrophage polarization from healthy individuals vs. periodontal patients. The biological and clinical significance of these data was discussed.

conclusionsOur translational findings showed a significant variance between control versus periodontal disease groups in M1 and M2 marker expression within the second group significantly lower skews differentiation of M2-like macrophages towards an M1-like phenotype. Macrophage polarization in periodontal tissue may be responsible for the development and progression of inflammation-induced periodontal tissue damage, including alveolar bone loss, and modulating macrophage function may be a potential strategy for periodontal disease management.

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clinical biochemistryclinical microbiologyimmune systemlymphocytesmacrophage polarizationmicrobiotaoral pathologyoral-systemic diseaseperiodontal diseasetranslational research

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PMID32560235
PMCPMC7344575
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