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ReviewClinical and experimental dental research2022

Active matrix metalloproteinase-8: A potential biomarker of oral systemic link.

Kehinde Umeizudike, Ismo Räisänen, Shipra Gupta, Solomon Nwhator, Andreas Grigoriadis, Dimitra Sakellari, Timo Sorsa

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Review in Clinical and experimental dental research, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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17citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
2.8field-weighted citation impact, top 9% 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

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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

17 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 22 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

7 authors at 4 institutions in 5 countries.

Kehinde UmeizudikeDepartment of Preventive Dentistry, Faculty of Dental Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Lagos & Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Lagos, Nigeria.ORCID 0000-0003-4893-872X
Ismo RäisänenDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Diseases, Head and Neck Center, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.ORCID 0000-0001-5821-5299
Shipra GuptaOral Health Sciences Centre, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh, India.ORCID 0000-0003-2097-2459
Solomon NwhatorDepartment of Preventive and Community Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, College of Health Sciences, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria.ORCID 0000-0003-3161-8092
Andreas GrigoriadisDepartment of Preventive Dentistry, Periodontology and Implant Biology, Dental School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-5542-2230
Dimitra SakellariDepartment of Preventive Dentistry, Periodontology and Implant Biology, Dental School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-4365-8406
Timo SorsaDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Diseases, Head and Neck Center, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.ORCID 0000-0001-7914-3052
University of Helsinki · FIAristotle University of Thessaloniki · GRObafemi Awolowo University · NGPost Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research · IN

Funding

Finnish Dental Society Apollonia, FinlandHelsinki and Uusimaa Hospital District (HUS) TYH2016251Helsinki and Uusimaa Hospital District (HUS) TYH2017251Helsinki and Uusimaa Hospital District (HUS) TYH2018229Helsinki and Uusimaa Hospital District (HUS) TYH2019319Helsinki and Uusimaa Hospital District (HUS) TYH2022225Helsinki and Uusimaa Hospital District (HUS) Y1014SL017Helsinki and Uusimaa Hospital District (HUS) Y1014SL018Helsinki and Uusimaa Hospital District (HUS) Y1014SULE1Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesThis mini review aims to address some possible gaps in periodontal diagnosis in clinical studies particularly involving the oral-systemic connection with a view to minimize such gaps, and thus improve patient treatment experiences and outcomes.

methodsThe conventional assessment of periodontitis has traditionally been by clinical and radiographic oral parameters. We reviewed numerous studies published mainly within the past decade, to affirm the oral-systemic link, the contribution of periodontitis to the inflammatory burden in various systemic diseases and conditions, and the potential role of active matrix metalloproteinase-8 (aMMP-8).

resultsWhile it is established that periodontal pathogens in dental plaque biofilm are the primary initiating agents in periodontitis, it has become clear from the appraisal of recent studies that the host inflammation, including biomarkers such as aMMP-8 play a major role, being the driving underlying pathological mechanism in both periodontitis and systemic diseases.

conclusionsThe apparent limitations of conventional diagnostic tools have led researchers to seek alternative methods of evaluation such as the quantification of biomarkers including aMMP-8, which can be a bridge between oral/periodontal and systemic diseases; aMMP-8 can form a mouth-body connection.

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PeriodontitisBiomarkersHumansMatrix Metalloproteinase 8BiomarkersMatrix Metalloproteinase 8MMP8 protein, humanaMMP-8biomarkersclinical studiesdiseaseshealthmatrix metalloproteinasesoralperiodontitissystemic

Identifiers

PMID34800007
PMCPMC8874056
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