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ArticleMolecular medicine (Cambridge, Mass.)2017

Deficiency of α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor attenuates bleomycin-induced lung fibrosis in mice.

Peiyu Sun, Ling Li, Caiqi Zhao, Mengyao Pan, Zhikang Qian, Xiao Su

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Article in Molecular medicine (Cambridge, Mass.), 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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23citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 21% 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

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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

23 citing papers in PubMed, 31 citations in OpenAlex.

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  19. Nicotinic Receptor Subunits Atlas in the Adult Human Lung.International journal of molecular sciences · 2020
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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

6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Peiyu SunLife and Environment Science College, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai, China.
Ling LiUnit of Respiratory Infection and Immunity, Key Laboratory of Molecular Virology & Immunology, Institut Pasteur of Shanghai, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200031, China.
Caiqi ZhaoUnit of Respiratory Infection and Immunity, Key Laboratory of Molecular Virology & Immunology, Institut Pasteur of Shanghai, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200031, China.
Mengyao PanUnit of Respiratory Infection and Immunity, Key Laboratory of Molecular Virology & Immunology, Institut Pasteur of Shanghai, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200031, China.
Zhikang QianUnit of Herpesvirus and Molecular Virology, Institut Pasteur of Shanghai, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.
Xiao SuUnit of Respiratory Infection and Immunity, Key Laboratory of Molecular Virology & Immunology, Institut Pasteur of Shanghai, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200031, China.
Institut Pasteur of Shanghai · CNChinese Academy of Sciences · CNShanghai Normal University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (α7 nAChR, coded by

Indexed as

alpha7 Nicotinic Acetylcholine ReceptorAnimalsBleomycinCell LineHumansMaleMice, Inbred C57BLMice, KnockoutPulmonary FibrosisTransforming Growth Factor betaalpha7 Nicotinic Acetylcholine ReceptorBleomycinChrna7 protein, mouseTransforming Growth Factor betaBleomycinLung fibrosisPTP1BTGF-βα7 nAChR

Identifiers

PMID28283678
PMCPMC5407281
OpenAlexW2607799947

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