Evidence map›Paper›PMID 18606887›Full record

ReviewBlood2008

Forging a field: the golden age of iron biology.

Nancy C Andrews

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In one paragraph

Review in Blood, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 254 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
254citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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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

254 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Erythropoiesis-stimulating agents for anemia in rheumatoid arthritis.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2013
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  7. Altered iron metabolism and iron therapy in restless legs syndrome.Journal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996) · 2026
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  10. Hemochromatosis of unknown origin in a young adult dog.The Canadian veterinary journal = La revue veterinaire canadienne · 2026
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  20. Metal Ion Signaling in Biomedicine.Chemical reviews · 2025
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194 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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

1 author.

Nancy C AndrewsDuke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC 27710, USA. nancy.andrews@duke.edu

Funding

Modifiers of Iron Loading in MiceR01DK066373 · NIDDK · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI ANDREWS, NANCY CATHERINE · 2004 to 2012
$4.3M
Regulation of iron HomeostasisR01DK053813 · NIDDK · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI ANDREWS, NANCY CATHERINE · 1998 to 2008
$2.5M
REGULATION OF ERYTHROPOIESISR01HL051057 · NHLBI · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI ANDREWS, NANCY CATHERINE · 1999 to 2007
$2.2M
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL051057NIDDK NIH HHS DK053813NIDDK NIH HHS DK06637NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK053813NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK066373
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

HomeostasisAntimicrobial Cationic PeptidesHepcidinsHumansIronIron DeficienciesIron Metabolism DisordersAntimicrobial Cationic PeptidesHepcidinsIron

Identifiers

PMID18606887
PMCPMC2442739

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