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ArticleExperimental and therapeutic medicine2017

Berberine ameliorates non-alcoholic steatohepatitis in ApoE

Jin Yang, Xiao-Jie Ma, Ling Li, Lei Wang, Ying-Gi Chen, Jing Liu, Yan Luo, Zhen-Jie Zhuang, Wen-Jun Yang, Shu-Fei Zang and 1 more

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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 17 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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17citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.3field-weighted citation impact, top 13% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 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

11 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Jin YangCenter for Translational Medicine, The Affiliated Hospital of Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310015, P.R. China.
Xiao-Jie MaCenter for Translational Medicine, The Affiliated Hospital of Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310015, P.R. China.
Ling LiCollege of Medical Science, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou 310053, Zhejiang, P.R. China.
Lei WangCenter for Translational Medicine, The Affiliated Hospital of Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310015, P.R. China.
Ying-Gi ChenCollege of Medical Science, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou 310053, Zhejiang, P.R. China.
Jing LiuCenter for Translational Medicine, The Affiliated Hospital of Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310015, P.R. China.
Yan LuoCenter for Translational Medicine, The Affiliated Hospital of Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310015, P.R. China.
Zhen-Jie ZhuangCenter for Translational Medicine, The Affiliated Hospital of Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310015, P.R. China.
Wen-Jun YangCenter for Translational Medicine, The Affiliated Hospital of Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310015, P.R. China.
Shu-Fei ZangCenter for Translational Medicine, The Affiliated Hospital of Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310015, P.R. China.
Jun-Ping ShiCenter for Translational Medicine, The Affiliated Hospital of Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310015, P.R. China.
Affiliated Hospital of Hangzhou Normal University · CNZhejiang Chinese Medical University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The aim of the present study was to explore the protective effects of Berberine (BBR) against non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). Male 4-week-old C57BL/6J Apolipoprotein E-deficient (ApoE

Indexed as

berberineC-X-C chemokine receptor type 4C-X-C motif chemokine 12neutrophil elastasenon-alcoholic steatohepatitis

Identifiers

PMID29075339
PMCPMC5647746
OpenAlexW2747819602

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