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ArticleFrontiers in physiology2017

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Melania Melis, Gianfranca Carta, Stefano Pintus, Paolo Pintus, Carla A Piras, Elisabetta Murru, Claudia Manca, Vincenzo Di Marzo, Sebastiano Banni, Iole Tomassini Barbarossa

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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 32 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
32citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 19% 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, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 56 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.

Melania MelisDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, Section of Physiology, University of Cagliari, Monserrato, Italy.
Gianfranca CartaDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, Section of Physiology, University of Cagliari, Monserrato, Italy.
Stefano PintusDepartment of Internal Medicine, Center for Metabolic Diseases, Azienda Ospedaliera G. Brotzu, Cagliari, Italy.
Paolo PintusDepartment of Internal Medicine, Center for Metabolic Diseases, Azienda Ospedaliera G. Brotzu, Cagliari, Italy.
Carla A PirasDepartment of Internal Medicine, Center for Metabolic Diseases, Azienda Ospedaliera G. Brotzu, Cagliari, Italy.
Elisabetta MurruDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, Section of Physiology, University of Cagliari, Monserrato, Italy.
Claudia MancaDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, Section of Physiology, University of Cagliari, Monserrato, Italy.
Vincenzo Di MarzoEndocannabinoid Research Group, Institute of Biomolecular Chemistry, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Pozzuoli, Italy.
Sebastiano BanniDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, Section of Physiology, University of Cagliari, Monserrato, Italy.
Iole Tomassini BarbarossaDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, Section of Physiology, University of Cagliari, Monserrato, Italy.
University of Cagliari · ITAzienda Ospedaliera G. Brotzu · ITNational Research Council · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The multifunctional CD36 scavenger receptor facilitates fatty acid (FA) uptake and oxidation and it has been involved in the pathophysiology related to dysfunctional FA metabolism. The common variant in the

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CD36 geneendocannabinoidsfatty acidsmetabolismobesity

Identifiers

PMID29270130
PMCPMC5724198
OpenAlexW2773585663

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