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ArticleVirulence2026

Dissecting the essential role of

Meng-Ying Mao, Yan-Jing Liang, Ju-Xiu Chen, Yu-Jie Zhang, Wei-Ping Li, Zheng-Wei Huang

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Article in Virulence, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing 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

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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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

6 authors.

Meng-Ying MaoDepartment of Endodontics, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, P. R. China.ORCID 0000-0002-5351-844X
Yan-Jing LiangSchool of Nursing, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
Ju-Xiu ChenDepartment of Endodontics, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, P. R. China.
Yu-Jie ZhangDepartment of Endodontics, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, P. R. China.
Wei-Ping LiDepartment of Oral Mucosal Diseases, The Affiliated Stomatological Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, P. R. China.
Zheng-Wei HuangDepartment of Endodontics, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, P. R. China.ORCID 0000-0001-9861-514X

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Bacterial ProteinsBiofilmsCarbon-Sulfur LyasesRNA, BacterialRNA, Small UntranslatedStreptococcus mutansGene Expression ProfilingGene Expression Regulation, BacterialPolysaccharides, BacterialQuorum SensingBacterial ProteinsCarbon-Sulfur LyasesLuxS protein, BacteriaPolysaccharides, BacterialRNA, BacterialRNA, Small Untranslatedbacterial geneticsBiofilm formationdental cariesexopolysaccharidesLuxS/AI-2 quorum sensing systemsmall RNAs characterization

Identifiers

PMID42552580
PMCPMC13449724

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