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ArticleDiabetologia2012

Impact of transcription factor 7-like 2 (TCF7L2) on pancreatic islet function and morphology in mice and men.

E Renström

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Article in Diabetologia, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 27% 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

3 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

E RenströmLund University Diabetes Center, Inga-Marie Nilssons gata 53 floor 3, 205 02, Malmö, Sweden. erik.renstrom@med.lu.se.
Lund University · SE

Funding

Medical Research Council G0401641
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Common genetic variations in the gene encoding transcription factor 7-like 2 (TCF7L2) reveal the strongest association with type 2-diabetes known to date. These lead to impaired insulin production and output, but the mechanisms of disease remain incompletely known. In this issue of Diabetologia, two publications provide new insights into TCF7L2-dependent diabetes.

Indexed as

AnimalsGlucoseHomeostasisHumansInsulinInsulin SecretionIslets of LangerhansPancreasPolymorphism, Single NucleotideTranscription Factor 7-Like 2 ProteinGlucoseInsulinTCF7L2 protein, humanTcf7l2 protein, mouseTranscription Factor 7-Like 2 Protein

Identifiers

PMID22864463
PMCPMC3433659
OpenAlexW2146805243

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