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Trial reportInternational journal of molecular sciences2020

Detection of Salivary Small Extracellular Vesicles Associated Inflammatory Cytokines Gene Methylation in Gingivitis.

Pingping Han, Andrew Lai, Carlos Salomon, Sašo Ivanovski

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In one paragraph

Trial report in International journal of molecular sciences, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
22citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.2field-weighted citation impact, top 12% 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

22 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 39 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Exosomal MicroRNAs as novel diagnostic biomarkers in head and neck cancer: a systematic evaluation and meta-analysis.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2025
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  4. Isolation methods of exosomes derived from dental stem cells.International journal of oral science · 2025
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  5. Therapeutic Potential of Extracellular Vesicles in Oral Inflammation.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  10. Bioprinting extracellular vesicles as a "cell-free" regenerative medicine approach.Extracellular vesicles and circulating nucleic acids · 2023
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  11. Immunoaffinity-enriched salivary small extracellular vesicles in periodontitis.Extracellular vesicles and circulating nucleic acids · 2023
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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

4 authors at 1 institution in 3 countries.

Pingping HanSchool of Dentistry, The University of Queensland, Herston, QLD 4006, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-7546-1635
Andrew LaiExosome Biology Laboratory, Centre for Clinical Diagnostics, The University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4029, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-4424-8767
Carlos SalomonExosome Biology Laboratory, Centre for Clinical Diagnostics, The University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4029, Australia.
Sašo IvanovskiSchool of Dentistry, The University of Queensland, Herston, QLD 4006, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-5339-0936
The University of Queensland · AU

Funding

University of Queensland Early Career Research Grant UQECR194615
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Salivary small extracellular vesicles (sEV) are emerging as a potential liquid biopsy for oral diseases. However, technical difficulties for salivary sEV isolation remain a challenge. Twelve participants (five periodontally healthy, seven gingivitis patients) were recruited and salivary sEV were isolated by ultracentrifuge (UC-sEV) and size exclusion chromatography (SEC-sEV). The effect of UC and SEC on sEV yield, DNA methylation of five cytokine gene promoters (interleukin (IL)-6, tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α, IL-1β, IL-8, and IL-10), and functional uptake by human primary gingival fibroblasts (hGFs) was investigated. The results demonstrated that SEC-sEV had a higher yield of particles and particle/protein ratios compared to UC-sEV, with a minimal effect on the detection of DNA methylation of five cytokine genes and functional uptake in hGFs (

Indexed as

CytokinesDNA MethylationEpigenesis, GeneticExtracellular VesiclesGingivitisAdultFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedSalivaCytokinescellular uptakeDNA methylationsalivary small extracellular vesiclessize exclusion chromatographyultracentrifuge

Identifiers

PMID32722322
PMCPMC7432462
OpenAlexW3044928444

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