Evidence map›Paper›PMID 29231818›Full record

ArticleeLife2017

Molecular basis of fatty acid taste in

Ji-Eun Ahn, Yan Chen, Hubert Amrein

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Article in eLife, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 70 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
70citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
4.5field-weighted citation impact, top 4% 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

70 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 141 citations in OpenAlex.

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10 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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

3 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Ji-Eun AhnDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Medicine, Health Science Center, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3390-3578
Yan ChenDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Medicine, Health Science Center, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5321-3064
Hubert AmreinDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Medicine, Health Science Center, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8799-7250
Texas A&M Health Science Center · US

Funding

Taste Receptor Genes and Sensory CodingR01DC005606 · NIDCD · TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CTR · PI AMREIN, HUBERT O · 2004 to 2020
$4.5M
Regulation of Feeding Behavior by Brain-based Nutrient SensorsR01DC013967 · NIDCD · TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CTR · PI AMREIN, HUBERT O · 2014 to 2018
$1.5M
NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC005606NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC013967
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Behavioral studies have established that

Indexed as

AnimalsAnimals, Genetically ModifiedAppetite RegulationBehavior, AnimalDrosophila melanogasterDrosophila ProteinsFatty AcidsFemaleMutationReceptors, Ionotropic GlutamateSensory Receptor CellsSodium ChannelsSugarsTasteTaste PerceptionDrosophila ProteinsFatty Acidsionotropic receptor 25a, DrosophilaIR76b protein, DrosophilaReceptors, Ionotropic GlutamateSodium ChannelsSugarsCa2+ imagingD. melanogasterDrosophilafatty acidsGustatory Receptor NeuronIonotrophic Receptorsneurosciencetaste

Identifiers

PMID29231818
PMCPMC5747521
OpenAlexW2771094342

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Registered trials

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