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ArticleFrontiers in pharmacology2017

Chlorogenic Acid Inhibits Liver Fibrosis by Blocking the miR-21-Regulated TGF-β1/Smad7 Signaling Pathway

Fan Yang, Lei Luo, Zhi-De Zhu, Xuan Zhou, Yao Wang, Juan Xue, Juan Zhang, Xin Cai, Zhi-Lin Chen, Qian Ma and 5 more

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Article in Frontiers in pharmacology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 56 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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56citing 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

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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

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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

56 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 98 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

15 authors at 7 institutions in 1 country.

Fan YangDepartment of Hepatology, Hubei Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Wuhan, China.
Lei LuoSchool of Clinical Medical, Hubei University of Chinese Medicine, Wuhan, China.
Zhi-De ZhuGuangxi University of Chinese Medicine, Nanning, China.
Xuan ZhouDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Yao WangSchool of Clinical Medical, Hubei University of Chinese Medicine, Wuhan, China.
Juan XueDepartment of Gastroenterology, Hubei Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Wuhan, China.
Juan ZhangDepartment of Pulmonary Diseases, Jingmen City Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jingmen, China.
Xin CaiSchool of Clinical Medical, Hubei University of Chinese Medicine, Wuhan, China.
Zhi-Lin ChenDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Qian MaSchool of Life Sciences, Hubei University, Wuhan, China.
Yun-Fei ChenDepartment of Vascular Surgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Yu-Jie WangDepartment of Vascular Surgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Ying-Ying LuoDepartment of Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Pan LiuSchool of Clinical Medical, Hubei University of Chinese Medicine, Wuhan, China.
Lei ZhaoDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Union Hospital · CNHuazhong University of Science and Technology · CNHubei University of Chinese Medicine · CNHubei Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine · CNFirst People’s Hospital of Jingmen · CNGuangxi University of Chinese Medicine · CNHubei University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

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chlorogenic acidliver fibrosismiR-21Smad7TGF-β1

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PMID29311932
PMCPMC5742161
OpenAlexW2777184237

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