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SynthesisJournal of immunology research2017

Are the Therapeutic Effects of Huangqi (

Hui Liao, Ling Hu, Xingnuo Cheng, Xiaocheng Wang, Jiarui Li, Linda Banbury, Rongshan Li

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In one paragraph

Synthesis in Journal of immunology research, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
26citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.9field-weighted citation impact, top 7% 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

26 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 38 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

7 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Hui LiaoDepartment of Pharmacy, Shanxi Provincial People's Hospital, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan 030012, China.
Ling HuDepartment of Endocrinology, Shanxi Provincial People's Hospital, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan 030012, China.
Xingnuo ChengSchool of Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 211198, China.
Xiaocheng WangDepartment of Medical Record & Statistics, Shanxi Provincial People's Hospital, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan 030012, China.
Jiarui LiState Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, China.
Linda BanburySchool of Health and Human Sciences, Southern Cross University, Military Rd, Lismore, NSW 2480, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-5348-9952
Rongshan LiDepartment of Nephrology, Shanxi Provincial People's Hospital, Shanxi Medical University, Shanxi Kidney Disease Institute, No. 29 Shuangtasi Street, Taiyuan, Shanxi 030012, China.ORCID 0000-0002-8082-4389
Shanxi Medical University · CNChina Pharmaceutical University · CNFudan University · CNSouthern Cross University · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo investigate the correlation between the clinical effects of Huangqi (

methodsThe PubMed, China National Knowledge Infrastructure, and Wanfang databases were searched. Clinical data was sourced from papers on treatment of different stages of DN with Huangqi, and pharmacological data was from papers on the effects of Huangqi on the iNOS activity of macrophages in a resting or an activated state.

resultsMeta-analysis of Huangqi injections on stages III and III-IV DN and randomized controlled trials on other stages showed that Huangqi had therapeutic effects on different stages of DN and on macrophages in different states: inducing normal macrophages in a resting state to generate nitric oxide (NO), tumor necrosis factor-

conclusionsHuangqi can regulate iNOS activity of macrophages in different states

Indexed as

Medicine, Chinese TraditionalAstragalus propinquusComplex MixturesDiabetic NephropathiesDisease ProgressionEnzyme ActivationHumansMacrophagesNitric OxideNitric Oxide Synthase Type IIRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicRenal InsufficiencyComplex MixturesNitric OxideNitric Oxide Synthase Type II

Identifiers

PMID29250558
PMCPMC5698796
OpenAlexW2767754882

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