Evidence map›Paper›PMID 22424227›Full record

ReviewCell2012

Diabetes mellitus and the β cell: the last ten years.

Frances M Ashcroft, Patrik Rorsman

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In one paragraph

Review in Cell, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 477 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
477citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
69.9field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

477 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 888 citations in OpenAlex.

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417 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

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Frances M AshcroftDepartment of Physiology, Anatomy, and Genetics, Henry Wellcome Centre for Gene Function, University of Oxford, Sherrington Building, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PT, UK. frances.ashcroft@dpag.ox.ac.uk
Patrik Rorsman
Centre for Human Genetics · GBChurchill Hospital · GB

Funding

Medical Research Council G0801995Wellcome Trust 084655Wellcome Trust 095531Wellcome Trust 095531/Z/11/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Diabetes is a major global problem. During the past decade, the genetic basis of various monogenic forms of the disease, and their underlying molecular mechanisms, have been elucidated. Many genes that increase type 2 diabetes (T2DM) risk have also been identified, but how they do so remains enigmatic. Nevertheless, defective insulin secretion emerges as the main culprit in both monogenic and polygenic diabetes, with environmental and lifestyle factors, via obesity, accounting for the current dramatic increase in T2DM. There also have been significant advances in therapy, particularly for some monogenic disorders. We review here what ails the β cell and how its function may be restored.

Indexed as

AnimalsDiabetes MellitusDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2DietHumansInsulin-Secreting Cells

Identifiers

PMID22424227
PMCPMC5890906
OpenAlexW2025447674

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Registered trials

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