Evidence map›Paper›PMID 29387059›Full record

ReviewFrontiers in immunology2017

Chun-Lian Tang, Zhi-Ming Liu, Yan Ru Gao, Fei Xiong

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Review in Frontiers in immunology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
15citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
2.3field-weighted citation impact, top 14% 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

15 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 22 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. The double burden of diabetes and global infection in low and middle-income countries.Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene · 2019
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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

4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Chun-Lian TangDepartment of Science and Education, Wuchang Hospital, Wuhan, China.
Zhi-Ming LiuDepartment of Science and Education, Wuchang Hospital, Wuhan, China.
Yan Ru GaoMedical Department, City College, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Fei XiongThe Center for Biomedical Research, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Wuchang University of Technology · CNHuazhong University of Science and Technology · CNWuhan University of Science and Technology · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Studies on parasite-induced immunoregulatory mechanisms could contribute to the development of new therapies for inflammatory diseases such as type 2 diabetes (T2D), which is a chronic inflammatory disease characterized by persistent elevated glucose levels due to insulin resistance. The association between previous

Indexed as

immune regulationmacrophagesSchistosomatype 1 helper T cellstype 2 diabetes

Identifiers

PMID29387059
PMCPMC5776330
OpenAlexW2790105026

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Registered trials

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