Evidence map›Paper›PMID 40503318›Full record

ArticleRSC advances2025

Discrepancies in qPCR-based gene quantification and their dependencies on soil properties, inhibitor presence, and DNA extraction kit types.

Eunhye Lee, Hyun Jeong Lim, Ahjeong Son

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in RSC advances, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
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

2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
  2. Article
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

3 authors.

Eunhye LeeDepartment of Environmental Science and Engineering, Ewha Womans University 52 Ewhayeodae-gil, Seodaemun-gu Seoul 03760 Republic of Korea hj.lim77@ewha.ac.kr ason@ewha.ac.kr ahjeong.son@gmail.com +82-2-3277-3773 +82-2-3277-3339.
Hyun Jeong LimDepartment of Environmental Science and Engineering, Ewha Womans University 52 Ewhayeodae-gil, Seodaemun-gu Seoul 03760 Republic of Korea hj.lim77@ewha.ac.kr ason@ewha.ac.kr ahjeong.son@gmail.com +82-2-3277-3773 +82-2-3277-3339.
Ahjeong SonDepartment of Environmental Science and Engineering, Ewha Womans University 52 Ewhayeodae-gil, Seodaemun-gu Seoul 03760 Republic of Korea hj.lim77@ewha.ac.kr ason@ewha.ac.kr ahjeong.son@gmail.com +82-2-3277-3773 +82-2-3277-3339.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6210-0769

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The complexity and heterogeneity of soil samples necessitate the inclusion of extensive purification steps prior to genomic assays, such as quantitative PCR (qPCR). Although conventional DNA extraction kits have notably enhanced the convenience of the process, those designed for soil vary considerably in terms of reagents, time, and equipment. Therefore, purified gDNA quality varies depending on the DNA extraction kits used, which leads to discrepancies in gene quantification using qPCR. This issue can be amplified considerably when more complicated (or contaminated) soils are analyzed, even if extensive DNA extraction is employed. Here, we evaluated the influences of the DNA extraction method to the gene quantification using qPCR across soil types. Further Mg

Identifiers

PMID40503318
PMCPMC12152716

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY-NC
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.