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ArticleGut2017

Caffeine protects against experimental acute pancreatitis by inhibition of inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor-mediated Ca2+ release.

Wei Huang, Matthew C Cane, Rajarshi Mukherjee, Peter Szatmary, Xiaoying Zhang, Victoria Elliott, Yulin Ouyang, Michael Chvanov, Diane Latawiec, Li Wen and 6 more

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Article in Gut, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 62 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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62citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
9.1field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

62 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 102 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Wei HuangNIHR Liverpool Pancreas Biomedical Research Unit, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK.
Matthew C CaneDepartment of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Institute of Translational Medicine, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK.
Rajarshi MukherjeeNIHR Liverpool Pancreas Biomedical Research Unit, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK.
Peter SzatmaryNIHR Liverpool Pancreas Biomedical Research Unit, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK.
Xiaoying ZhangNIHR Liverpool Pancreas Biomedical Research Unit, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK.
Victoria ElliottNIHR Liverpool Pancreas Biomedical Research Unit, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK.
Yulin OuyangNIHR Liverpool Pancreas Biomedical Research Unit, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK.
Michael ChvanovNIHR Liverpool Pancreas Biomedical Research Unit, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK.
Diane LatawiecNIHR Liverpool Pancreas Biomedical Research Unit, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK.
Li WenNIHR Liverpool Pancreas Biomedical Research Unit, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK.
David M BoothDepartment of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Institute of Translational Medicine, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK.
Andrea C HaynesImmuno-Inflammation Therapeutic Area Unit, GlaxoSmithKline, Stevenage, UK.
Ole H PetersenCardiff School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK.
Alexei V TepikinDepartment of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Institute of Translational Medicine, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK.
David N CriddleNIHR Liverpool Pancreas Biomedical Research Unit, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK.
Robert SuttonNIHR Liverpool Pancreas Biomedical Research Unit, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-6600-562X
University of Liverpool · GBCardiff University · GBGlaxoSmithKline (United Kingdom) · GB

Funding

Medical Research Council G19/22Medical Research Council MR/J002771/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveCaffeine reduces toxic Ca

designIsolated pancreatic acinar cells were exposed to secretagogues, uncaged IP

resultsCaffeine, dimethylxanthines and non-xanthine PDE inhibitors blocked IP

conclusionsCaffeine and its dimethylxanthine metabolites reduced pathological IP

Indexed as

Acinar CellsAnimalsCaffeineCalciumCell DeathCells, CulturedCeruletideCyclic AMPCyclic GMPCytosolEthanolFatty Acids, MonounsaturatedInositol 1,4,5-TrisphosphateInositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate ReceptorsMaleMiceCaffeineCalciumCeruletideCyclic AMPCyclic GMPEthanolFatty Acids, MonounsaturatedInositol 1,4,5-TrisphosphateInositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate Receptorspalmitoleic acidPhosphodiesterase InhibitorsTaurolithocholic Acidtaurolithocholic acid 3-sulfateXanthinesACUTE PANCREATITISCALCIUMDRUG DEVELOPMENT

Identifiers

PMID26642860
PMCPMC5284483
OpenAlexW2196244048

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