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ArticleFrontiers in physiology2017

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Joshua Flees, Hossein Rajaei-Sharifabadi, Elizabeth Greene, Lesleigh Beer, Billy M Hargis, Laura Ellestad, Tom Porter, Annie Donoghue, Walter G Bottje, Sami Dridi

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Article in Frontiers in physiology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 47 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
47citing papers in PubMed
8.2field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

47 citing papers in PubMed, 71 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 3 institutions in 1 country.

Joshua FleesCenter of Excellence for Poultry Science, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, United States.
Hossein Rajaei-SharifabadiCenter of Excellence for Poultry Science, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, United States.
Elizabeth GreeneCenter of Excellence for Poultry Science, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, United States.
Lesleigh BeerCenter of Excellence for Poultry Science, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, United States.
Billy M HargisCenter of Excellence for Poultry Science, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, United States.
Laura EllestadDepartment of Animal and Avian Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, United States.
Tom PorterDepartment of Animal and Avian Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, United States.
Annie DonoghueUSDA, Agricultural Research Service, Fayetteville, AR, United States.
Walter G BottjeCenter of Excellence for Poultry Science, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, United States.
Sami DridiCenter of Excellence for Poultry Science, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, United States.
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville · USUniversity of Maryland, College Park · USAgricultural Research Service · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Heat stress (HS) has been reported to alter fat deposition in broilers, however the underlying molecular mechanisms are not well-defined. The objectives of the current study were, therefore: (1) to determine the effects of acute (2 h) and chronic (3 weeks) HS on the expression of key molecular signatures involved in hepatic lipogenic and lipolytic programs, and (2) to assess if diet supplementation with dried Noni medicinal plant (0.2% of the diet) modulates these effects. Broilers (480 males, 1 d) were randomly assigned to 12 environmental chambers, subjected to two environmental conditions (heat stress, HS, 35°C vs. thermoneutral condition, TN, 24°C) and fed two diets (control vs. Noni) in a 2 × 2 factorial design. Feed intake and body weights were recorded, and blood and liver samples were collected at 2 h and 3 weeks post-heat exposure. HS depressed feed intake, reduced body weight, and up regulated the hepatic expression of heat shock protein HSP60, HSP70, HSP90 as well as key lipogenic proteins (fatty acid synthase, FASN; acetyl co-A carboxylase alpha, ACCα and ATP citrate lyase, ACLY). HS down regulated the hepatic expression of lipoprotein lipase (LPL) and hepatic triacylglycerol lipase (LIPC), but up-regulated ATGL. Although it did not affect growth performance, Noni supplementation regulated the hepatic expression of lipogenic proteins in a time- and gene-specific manner. Prior to HS, Noni increased ACLY and FASN in the acute and chronic experimental conditions, respectively. During acute HS, Noni increased ACCα, but reduced FASN and ACLY expression. Under chronic HS, Noni up regulated ACCα and FASN but it down regulated ACLY.

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chickenheat stresslipogenesislipolysislivernoniquercetin

Identifiers

PMID29230177
PMCPMC5711822
OpenAlexW2768184551

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