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Trial reportMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2018

Evaluation of Melatonin Secretion and Metabolism Exponents in Patients with Ulcerative and Lymphocytic Colitis.

Cezary Chojnacki, Janusz Błasiak, Jakub Fichna, Jan Chojnacki, Tomasz Popławski

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Trial report in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
14citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 14% 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

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

14 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Tryptophan's Journey Through Pregnancy: The Role of Serotonin.International journal of tryptophan research : IJTR · 2026
    Review
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  8. Review
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  12. Melatonin as a Potential Multitherapeutic Agent.Journal of personalized medicine · 2021
    Review
  13. Serotonin in the Pathogenesis of Lymphocytic Colitis.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021
    Article
  14. Article
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

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Cezary ChojnackiDepartment of Clinical Nutrition and Gastroenterological Diagnostics, Medical University, 90-647 Lodz, Poland. cezary.chojnacki@umed.lodz.pl.
Janusz BłasiakDepartment of Molecular Genetics, University of Lodz, 90-647 Lodz, Poland. janusz.blasiak@biol.uni.lodz.pl.
Jakub FichnaDepartment of Biochemistry, Medical University of Lodz, 90-647 Lodz, Poland. jakub.fichna@umed.lodz.pl.ORCID 0000-0002-8443-4417
Jan ChojnackiDepartment of Clinical Nutrition and Gastroenterological Diagnostics, Medical University, 90-647 Lodz, Poland. jan.chojnacki@umed.lodz.pl.
Tomasz PopławskiDepartment of Molecular Genetics, University of Lodz, 90-647 Lodz, Poland. tomasz.poplawski@biol.uni.lodz.pl.
Medical University of Lodz · PLUniversity of Łódź · PL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Inflammatory bowel diseases, particularly ulcerative colitis (UC) and lymphocytic colitis (LC), affect many people. The role of melatonin in the pathogenesis of UC is precisely determined, whereas in LC it remains unknown. The aim of this study was to compare the expression of the melatonin-synthesizing enzymes tryptophan hydroxylase (TPH1), arylalkylamine-

Indexed as

Acetylserotonin O-MethyltransferaseAdultArylalkylamine N-AcetyltransferaseBiopsyColitis, LymphocyticColitis, UlcerativeFemaleHumansIntestinal MucosaMaleMelatoninMiddle AgedTryptophan HydroxylaseAANAT protein, humanAcetylserotonin O-MethyltransferaseArylalkylamine N-AcetyltransferaseASMT protein, humanMelatoninTPH1 protein, humanTryptophan HydroxylaseAANATASMTlymphocytic colitismelatoninTPH1ulcerative colitis

Identifiers

PMID29382152
PMCPMC6017024
OpenAlexW2788698689

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