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ArticleMicroorganisms2021

Bioinformatics Analysis of Oral, Vaginal, and Rectal Microbial Profiles during Pregnancy: A Pilot Study on the Bacterial Co-Residence in Pregnant Women.

Megumi Fudaba, Tomonori Kamiya, Daisuke Tachibana, Masayasu Koyama, Naoko Ohtani

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Article in Microorganisms, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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13citing papers in PubMed
2.1field-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

13 citing papers in PubMed, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Vaginal microbiome and its implications in preterm birth.Obstetrics & gynecology science · 2025
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  10. Nutrients · 2023
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  11. Female reproductive tract-organ axes.Frontiers in immunology · 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

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Megumi FudabaDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka City University, Osaka 545-8585, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-2389-1670
Tomonori KamiyaDepartment of Pathophysiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka City University, Osaka 545-8585, Japan.
Daisuke TachibanaDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka City University, Osaka 545-8585, Japan.
Masayasu KoyamaDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka City University, Osaka 545-8585, Japan.
Naoko OhtaniDepartment of Pathophysiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka City University, Osaka 545-8585, Japan.
Osaka City University · JPJapan Agency for Medical Research and Development · JP

Funding

Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development JP20gm1010009h0003Japan Society for the Promotion of Science 20K16121Yakult Bio-Science Foundation 2018, 2019, 2020 NOYakult Bio-Science Foundation 2019 KT
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Preterm birth (PTB) and threatened preterm labor (TPL), an important pre-PTB state, are major obstetric complications during pregnancy. However, their triggers have not been fully elucidated. The vagina is dominated by

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bioinformatics analysisoralpregnancypreterm birththreatened preterm laborvaginal and rectal microbiota

Identifiers

PMID34064634
PMCPMC8151423
OpenAlexW3162946382

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