Evidence map›Paper›PMID 27818936›Full record

ArticleMolecular metabolism2016

Suppressing hyperinsulinemia prevents obesity but causes rapid onset of diabetes in leptin-deficient

Anna M D'souza, James D Johnson, Susanne M Clee, Timothy J Kieffer

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Article in Molecular metabolism, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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21citing papers in PubMed
3.2field-weighted citation impact, top 8% 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

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

21 citing papers in PubMed, 39 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Hyperinsulinemia in Obesity, Inflammation, and Cancer.Diabetes & metabolism journal · 2021
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  12. Hormesis in Health and Chronic Diseases.Trends in endocrinology and metabolism: TEM · 2019
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  20. Hyperinsulinemia: a Cause of Obesity?Current obesity reports · 2017
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Anna M D'souzaDepartment of Cellular and Physiological Sciences, Life Sciences Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 1Z3, Canada. Electronic address: dsouzaa@interchange.ubc.ca.
James D JohnsonDepartment of Cellular and Physiological Sciences, Life Sciences Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 1Z3, Canada. Electronic address: james.d.johnson@ubc.ca.
Susanne M CleeDepartment of Cellular and Physiological Sciences, Life Sciences Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 1Z3, Canada. Electronic address: susanne.clee@ubc.ca.
Timothy J KiefferDepartment of Cellular and Physiological Sciences, Life Sciences Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 1Z3, Canada; Department of Surgery, Life Sciences Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 1Z3, Canada. Electronic address: tim.kieffer@ubc.ca.
University of British Columbia · CA

Funding

CIHR
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveHyperinsulinemia is commonly associated with obesity. Mice deficient in the adipose-derived hormone leptin (

methodsLeptin expressing (

resultsWe found that in young

conclusionTaken together, our findings indicate that hyperinsulinemia is required for excess adiposity in

Indexed as

HyperinsulinismObesityAnimalsDiabetes MellitusInsulinLeptinMiceInsulinLeptinHyperglycemiaHyperinsulinemiaLepob/obObesity

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PMID27818936
PMCPMC5081422
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