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ArticlePathogens (Basel, Switzerland)2020

Elevated Baseline Salivary Protease Activity May Predict the Steadiness of Gingival Inflammation During Periodontal Healing: A 12-Week Follow-Up Study on Adults.

Ulvi Kahraman Gürsoy, Dareen Fteita, Floris J Bikker, Maria Anastasia Grande, Kamran Nazmi, Mervi Gürsoy, Eija Könönen, Daniel Belstrøm

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Article in Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
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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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Transposase-Associated Variation nearPathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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  2. Gingipain proteases from the bacteriumProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Ulvi Kahraman GürsoyDepartment of Periodontology, Institute of Dentistry, University of Turku, 20520 Turku, Finland.ORCID 0000-0002-1225-5751
Dareen FteitaDepartment of Periodontology, Institute of Dentistry, University of Turku, 20520 Turku, Finland.ORCID 0000-0002-8997-3874
Floris J BikkerDepartment of Oral Biochemistry, Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam, Free University and University of Amsterdam, 1081LA Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Maria Anastasia GrandeSection for Clinical Oral Microbiology, Periodontology, Department of Odontology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, DK-2200 Copenhagen, Denmark.
Kamran NazmiDepartment of Oral Biochemistry, Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam, Free University and University of Amsterdam, 1081LA Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Mervi GürsoyDepartment of Periodontology, Institute of Dentistry, University of Turku, 20520 Turku, Finland.ORCID 0000-0001-8545-6821
Eija KönönenDepartment of Periodontology, Institute of Dentistry, University of Turku, 20520 Turku, Finland.
Daniel BelstrømSection for Clinical Oral Microbiology, Periodontology, Department of Odontology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, DK-2200 Copenhagen, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0001-7116-5388

Funding

The Danish Dental Association DBThe Danish Foundation for Mutual Efforts in Dental Care DB
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Aim was to profile salivary total protease,

Indexed as

chemokine CCL22macrophage inflammatory proteinsperiodontitisPorphyromonas gingivalissaliva

Identifiers

PMID32942694
PMCPMC7558121

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