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ReviewToxins2016

Trimethylamine N-Oxide: The Good, the Bad and the Unknown.

Manuel T Velasquez, Ali Ramezani, Alotaibi Manal, Dominic S Raj

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In one paragraph

Review in Toxins, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 283 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
283citing papers in PubMed, 5 pooled it
18.6field-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

283 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 488 citations in OpenAlex.

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223 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

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Manuel T VelasquezDivision of Renal Diseases and Hypertension, The George Washington University School of Medicine, 2150 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20037, USA. mvelasquez@mfa.gwu.edu.
Ali RamezaniDivision of Renal Diseases and Hypertension, The George Washington University School of Medicine, 2150 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20037, USA. ramezani@gwu.edu.
Alotaibi ManalDivision of Renal Diseases and Hypertension, The George Washington University School of Medicine, 2150 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20037, USA. malotaibi@email.gwu.edu.
Dominic S RajDivision of Renal Diseases and Hypertension, The George Washington University School of Medicine, 2150 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20037, USA. draj@mfa.gwu.edu.
George Washington University · US

Funding

Cytokine Gene Polymorphism in CRIC CohortR01DK073665 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO · PI RAJ, DOMINIC S · 2006 to 2010
$2.3M
Gut Microbiota and Atherosclerosis in ESRDU01DK099914 · NIDDK · GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI RAJ, DOMINIC S · 2013 to 2017
$1.9M
Anti-inflammatory Therapy in Diabetic CKDU01DK099924 · NIDDK · GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI RAJ, DOMINIC S · 2013 to 2018
$1.8M
NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK073665NIDDK NIH HHS U01 DK099914NIDDK NIH HHS U01 DK099924
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Trimethylamine

Indexed as

Gastrointestinal MicrobiomeMethylaminesAnimalsCardiovascular DiseasesHumansRenal Insufficiency, ChronicToxins, BiologicalMethylaminesToxins, Biologicaltrimethyloxaminecardiovascular diseasedysbiosismicrobiomeuremic toxin

Identifiers

PMID27834801
PMCPMC5127123
OpenAlexW2556034984

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Registered trials

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Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.