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ArticleExperimental and therapeutic medicine2017

Berberine alleviates dextran sodium sulfate-induced colitis by improving intestinal barrier function and reducing inflammation and oxidative stress.

Li-Chao Zhang, Yue Wang, Ling-Chang Tong, Sheng Sun, Wei-Ye Liu, Su Zhang, Rong-Mei Wang, Zhi-Bin Wang, Ling Li

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Article in Experimental and therapeutic medicine, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 46 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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46citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
6.7field-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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

46 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 99 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

9 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Li-Chao ZhangDepartment of Pharmacy, Shanghai Municipal Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 200071, P.R. China.
Yue WangDepartment of Pharmacy, Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, Ningxia 750004, P.R. China.
Ling-Chang TongDepartment of Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, The Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200433, P.R. China.
Sheng SunDepartment of Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, The Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200433, P.R. China.
Wei-Ye LiuDepartment of Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, The Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200433, P.R. China.
Su ZhangDepartment of Pharmacy, Shanghai Municipal Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 200071, P.R. China.
Rong-Mei WangDepartment of Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, The Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200433, P.R. China.
Zhi-Bin WangDepartment of Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, The Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200433, P.R. China.
Ling LiDepartment of Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, The Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200433, P.R. China.
Second Military Medical University · CNNingxia Medical University · CNShanghai Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Berberine has demonstrated efficacy in alleviating experimental colitis

Indexed as

berberinedextran sulfate sodiuminflammationintestinal barrier functiontight junction proteinulcerative colitis

Identifiers

PMID28587416
PMCPMC5450762
OpenAlexW2608302120

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