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ArticleOncology letters2017

Curcumin inhibits cell proliferation and promotes apoptosis of laryngeal cancer cells through Bcl-2 and PI3K/Akt, and by upregulating miR-15a.

Shaofeng Mou, Zhongxin Zhou, Yukai He, Fuxing Liu, Lili Gong

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Article in Oncology letters, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers.

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34citing papers in PubMed
2.2field-weighted citation impact, top 12% 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

34 citing papers in PubMed, 58 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

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Shaofeng MouDepartment of Otolaryngology, Liaocheng City People's Hospital, Liaocheng, Shandong 252000, P.R. China.
Zhongxin ZhouDepartment of Otolaryngology, Liaocheng City People's Hospital, Liaocheng, Shandong 252000, P.R. China.
Yukai HeDepartment of Infection, Liaocheng City People's Hospital, Liaocheng, Shandong 252000, P.R. China.
Fuxing LiuDepartment of Otolaryngology, Liaocheng City People's Hospital, Liaocheng, Shandong 252000, P.R. China.
Lili GongDepartment of Otolaryngology, Liaocheng City People's Hospital, Liaocheng, Shandong 252000, P.R. China.
Liaocheng People's Hospital · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Curcumin is a natural compound extracted from the dried rhizomes of

Indexed as

apoptosis regulator Bcl-2curcuminlaryngeal cancermicroRNA-15aphosphoinositide 3-kinase/protein kinase B

Identifiers

PMID29085504
PMCPMC5649612
OpenAlexW2744902768

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