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ArticleJournal of lipid research2018

Increased nonHDL cholesterol levels cause muscle wasting and ambulatory dysfunction in the mouse model of LGMD2B.

Stephanie L Sellers, Nadia Milad, Zoe White, Chris Pascoe, Rayleigh Chan, Geoffrey W Payne, Chun Seow, Fabio Rossi, Michael A Seidman, Pascal Bernatchez

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Article in Journal of lipid research, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
32citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 18% 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

32 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 52 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

10 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Stephanie L SellersDepartment of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics and UBC Centre for Heart Lung Innovation, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
Nadia MiladDepartment of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics and UBC Centre for Heart Lung Innovation, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
Zoe WhiteDepartment of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics and UBC Centre for Heart Lung Innovation, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
Chris PascoeSt. Paul's Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
Rayleigh ChanDepartment of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics and UBC Centre for Heart Lung Innovation, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
Geoffrey W PayneProvidence Health Care, University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, Canada.
Chun SeowDepartment of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics and UBC Centre for Heart Lung Innovation, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
Fabio RossiDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
Michael A SeidmanSt. Paul's Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
Pascal BernatchezDepartment of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics and UBC Centre for Heart Lung Innovation, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada pascal.bernatchez@ubc.ca.
University of British Columbia · CASt. Paul's Hospital · CAPositive Living North · CAUniversity of Northern British Columbia · CA

Funding

CIHR
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Progressive limb and girdle muscle atrophy leading to loss of ambulation is a hallmark of dysferlinopathies, which include limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2B and Miyoshi myopathy. However, animal models fail to fully reproduce the disease severity observed in humans, with dysferlin-null (Dysf

Indexed as

Disease Models, AnimalAnimalsCholesterolDysferlinFemaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, KnockoutMuscular AtrophyMuscular Dystrophies, Limb-GirdleCholesterolDysferlinDysf protein, mouseanimal modelsapolipoproteinsatherosclerosisdysferlinHDLmusclemuscular dystrophy

Identifiers

PMID29175948
PMCPMC5794421
OpenAlexW2770980268

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Registered trials

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