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ReviewPeriodontology 20002021

Human and herpesvirus microRNAs in periodontal disease.

Afsar R Naqvi, Jørgen Slots

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Review in Periodontology 2000, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
24citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
3.8field-weighted citation impact, top 6% 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

24 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 32 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

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Afsar R NaqviMucosal Immunology Laboratory, College of Dentistry, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Jørgen SlotsDepartment of Periodontology, University of Southern California School of Dentistry, Los Angeles, California, USA.
University of Illinois Chicago · USUniversity of Southern California · US

Funding

Human Herpesvirus Impact on Periodontal InflammationR01DE027980 · NIDCR · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO · PI NAQVI, AFSAR RAZA · 2018 to 2022
$1.9M
Elucidating the novel regulatory role of long non-coding RNAs in myeloid inflammatory cell differentiation and functionR03DE027147 · NIDCR · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO · PI NAQVI, AFSAR RAZA · 2018 to 2019
$320k
NIDCR NIH HHS R01 DE027980NIDCR NIH HHS R03 DE027147
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Periodontitis is a multi-etiologic infection characterized clinically by pathologic loss of the periodontal ligament and alveolar bone. Herpesviruses and specific bacterial species are major periodontal pathogens that cooperate synergistically in producing severe periodontitis. Cellular immunity against herpesviruses and humoral immunity against bacteria are key periodontal host defenses. Genetic, epigenetic, and environmental factors are modifiers of periodontal disease severity. MicroRNAs are a class of noncoding, gene expression-based, posttranscriptional regulatory RNAs of great importance for maintaining tissue homeostasis. Aberrant expression of microRNAs has been associated with several medical diseases. Periodontal tissue cells and herpesviruses elaborate several microRNAs that are of current research interest. This review attempts to conceptualize the role of periodontal microRNAs in the pathogenesis of periodontitis. The diagnostic potential of salivary microRNAs is also addressed. Employment of microRNA technology in periodontics represents an interesting new preventive and therapeutic possibility.

Indexed as

HerpesviridaeMicroRNAsPeriodontal DiseasesPeriodontitisHumansPeriodontiumMicroRNAsherpesvirusesinflammationmicroRNAsperiodontal diseasepost-transcriptional regulationsaliva

Identifiers

PMID34463985
PMCPMC8520140
OpenAlexW3197121347

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