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ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2017

Production and Use of Hymenolepis diminuta Cysticercoids as Anti-Inflammatory Therapeutics.

Kendra Smyth, Claire Morton, Amanda Mathew, Sahil Karuturi, Cliff Haley, Min Zhang, Zoie E Holzknecht, Chelsea Swanson, Shu S Lin, William Parker

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Article in Journal of clinical medicine, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 17% of its field
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

7 citing papers in PubMed, 24 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

10 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Kendra SmythUniversity Program in Ecology, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA. kendra.smyth@gmail.com.
Claire MortonDepartment of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA. claire.morton@duke.edu.
Amanda MathewDepartment of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA. amanda.mathew@duke.edu.
Sahil KaruturiDepartment of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA. sahilk2000@gmail.com.ORCID 0000-0002-2653-4874
Cliff HaleyDepartment of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA. cliffhaley222@gmail.com.
Min ZhangDepartment of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA. Min.zhang39@duke.edu.
Zoie E HolzknechtDepartment of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA. zoie.holzknecht@duke.edu.
Chelsea SwansonThe Duke Brain Imaging & Analysis Center, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA. chelsea.swanson@duke.edu.
Shu S LinDepartment of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA. shu.lin@duke.edu.
William ParkerDepartment of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA. william.parker@duke.edu.ORCID 0000-0003-3644-9152
Duke Medical Center · USDuke University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Helminthic therapy has shown considerable promise as a means of alleviating some inflammatory diseases that have proven resistant to pharmaceutical intervention. However, research in the field has been limited by a lack of availability to clinician scientists of a helminth that is relatively benign, non-communicable, affordable, and effectively treats disease. Previous socio-medical studies have found that some individuals self-treating with helminths to alleviate various diseases are using the rat tapeworm (cysticercoid developmental stage of

Indexed as

anti-inflammatorybiological therapeutichelminthhelminthic therapyinflammation

Identifiers

PMID29064448
PMCPMC5664013
OpenAlexW2765398000

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