Evidence map›Paper›PMID 28258087›Full record

ReviewJournal of lipid research2017

The role of APOE on lipid homeostasis and inflammation in normal brains.

G William Rebeck

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In one paragraph

Review in Journal of lipid research, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 97 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
97citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
6.4field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

97 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 155 citations in OpenAlex.

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37 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

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

G William RebeckDepartment of Neuroscience, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC. Electronic address: gwr2@georgetown.edu.
Georgetown University Medical Center · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The role of APOE in the risk of Alzheimer's disease (AD) has largely focused on its effects on AD pathological processes. However, there are increasing data that

Indexed as

HomeostasisAnimalsApolipoproteins EBrainGenotypeHumansInflammationApolipoproteins EAlzheimer’s diseaseapolipoprotein EapolipoproteinsATP binding cassette transporter A1inflammationlipids/efflux

Identifiers

PMID28258087
PMCPMC5538293
OpenAlexW2593049477

What OpenQuestion holds

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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.