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ArticleAfrican journal of traditional, complementary, and alternative medicines : AJTCAM2017

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Amidou Samie, Nditsheni Madzie

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Article in African journal of traditional, complementary, and alternative medicines : AJTCAM, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

0 citing papers in PubMed, 3 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

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Amidou SamieDepartment of Microbiology, Molecular Parasitology and Opportunistic Infections Program, School of Mathematical and Natural Sciences, University of Venda, Private Bag X5050, Thohoyandou 0950, South Africa.
Nditsheni MadzieDepartment of Microbiology, Molecular Parasitology and Opportunistic Infections Program, School of Mathematical and Natural Sciences, University of Venda, Private Bag X5050, Thohoyandou 0950, South Africa.
University of Venda · ZA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundMATERIALS AND

methodsBlood samples were collected from both HIV positive and HIV negative volunteers and were used for the purification of Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (

results

conclusionsFor the first time we have shown that the immunomodulatory effect of medicinal plants may depend on the clinical status of the individual. The present study revealed that the effect of the water extracts from the two plants on IL-4 expression and production is dependent on the microbiological state of the individual and is dose dependent. Further studies are needed to identify the active components in the extracts and also characterize the patients further for a better understanding of the mechanisms of action of these extracts.

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CombretumHumansInterleukin-2Interleukin-4Leukocytes, MononuclearPlant ExtractsRubiaceaeInterleukin-2Interleukin-4Plant ExtractsELISAgene expressionHIVinterleukin-4peripheral mononuclear cells

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PMID28480408
PMCPMC5411882
OpenAlexW2551478844

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