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ReviewPPAR research2017

Discovery of Novel Insulin Sensitizers: Promising Approaches and Targets.

Yadan Chen, Haiming Ma, Dasheng Zhu, Guowei Zhao, Lili Wang, Xiujuan Fu, Wei Chen

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In one paragraph

Review in PPAR research, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
14citing 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

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

14 citing papers in PubMed, 28 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

7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Yadan ChenDepartment of Pharmacy, The Second Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun 130041, China.
Haiming MaDepartment of Pharmacy, China-Japan Union Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun 130041, China.
Dasheng ZhuDepartment of Pharmacy, The Second Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun 130041, China.
Guowei ZhaoDepartment of Pharmacy, Beijing Boai Hospital, China Rehabilitation Research Center, Beijing 100068, China.
Lili WangBeijing Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Beijing 100850, China.
Xiujuan FuDepartment of Pharmacy, The Second Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun 130041, China.ORCID 0000-0003-2723-8169
Wei ChenBeijing Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Beijing 100850, China.ORCID 0000-0002-6267-169X
Second Affiliated Hospital of Jilin University · CNChina Rehabilitation Research Center · CNUnion Hospital · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Insulin resistance is the undisputed root cause of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). There is currently an unmet demand for safe and effective insulin sensitizers, owing to the restricted prescription or removal from market of certain approved insulin sensitizers, such as thiazolidinediones (TZDs), because of safety concerns. Effective insulin sensitizers without TZD-like side effects will therefore be invaluable to diabetic patients. The specific focus on peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor

Identifiers

PMID28659972
PMCPMC5474250
OpenAlexW2620997802

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