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ArticleScientific reports2017

Effects of exogenous thymosin β4 on carbon tetrachloride-induced liver injury and fibrosis.

Xiankui Li, Lei Wang, Cai Chen

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Article in Scientific reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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15citing papers 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

15 citing papers in PubMed, 34 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

3 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Xiankui LiDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Basic Medical Science, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China. lxkui@tmu.edu.cn.
Lei WangDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China.
Cai ChenTeaching and Research Centre, Faculty of Medicine, Xinyang Vocational and Technical College, Xinyang, China.
First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University · CNTianjin Medical University · CNXinyang College of Agriculture and Forestry · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The present study investigated the effects of exogenous thymosin β4 (TB4) on carbon tetrachloride (CCl

Indexed as

Acute DiseaseAlanine TransaminaseAnimalsAspartate AminotransferasesCarbon TetrachlorideInflammationInterleukin-1betaLiverLiver CirrhosisMaleMice, Inbred BALB COxidative StressRats, Sprague-DawleyThymosinThymosin beta(4)Transcription Factor RelAAlanine TransaminaseAspartate AminotransferasesCarbon TetrachlorideInterleukin-1betaThymosinThymosin beta(4)Transcription Factor RelATransforming Growth Factor beta1Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha

Identifiers

PMID28724974
PMCPMC5517632
OpenAlexW2734596335

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