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ReviewCurrent opinion in endocrinology, diabetes, and obesity2016

The impact of bariatric surgery on inflammation: quenching the fire of obesity?

Samar Hafida, Tooraj Mirshahi, Barbara S Nikolajczyk

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Review in Current opinion in endocrinology, diabetes, and obesity, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers.

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32citing papers in PubMed
3.8field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

32 citing papers in PubMed, 49 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Samar HafidaaSection of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Nutrition, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts bWeis Center for Research; Geisinger Obesity Institute, Geisinger Clinic, Danville, Pennsylvania cDepartment of Microbiology; Department of Pathology; Department of Medicine; Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Tooraj Mirshahi
Barbara S Nikolajczyk
Boston University · US

Funding

Project-005UL1TR001430 · NCATS · BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CAMPUS · PI BAIR-MERRITT, MEGAN H, CENTER, DAVID M. · 2015 to 2024
$52.3M
Inflammation in human obesity and type 2 diabetesR01DK108056 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY · PI LAUFFENBURGER, DOUGLAS A, NIKOLAJCZYK, BARBARA · 2016 to 2019
$2.6M
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR001430NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK108056
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purpose of reviewNumerous lines of evidence support the likelihood that inflammation drives the transition from obese/metabolically healthy to obese/type 2 diabetes (T2D). Given the temporal flexibility of inflammation in obesity-associated T2D, investigators have hypothesized that a precipitous drop in diabetogenic cytokines is critical for rapid 'T2D remission' following surgery but prior to significant weight loss. We review the evidence that changes in diabetogenic cytokines play a role in outcomes of bariatric surgery, including improved glycemic control. RECENT

findingsA 2016 indication for bariatric surgery to treat T2D integrates the large body of data showing rapid metabolic improvement. Parameters that account for improved glycemic control prior to significant weight loss, T2D recidivism over the long term, or failure of surgery to remit T2D in some patients are incompletely understood. SUMMARY: We review the evidence that changes in diabetogenic cytokines play a role in outcomes of bariatric surgery, including improved glycemic control. We brainstorm future research directions that may improve surgical results.

Indexed as

Bariatric SurgeryDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2InflammationCytokinesHumansObesityCytokines

Identifiers

PMID27455515
PMCPMC5067163
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