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ReviewJournal of inflammation research2018

Magnesium deficiency and increased inflammation: current perspectives.

Forrest H Nielsen

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Review in Journal of inflammation research, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 159 papers, 8 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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159citing papers in PubMed, 8 pooled it
18.0field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

159 citing papers in PubMed, 8 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 288 citations in OpenAlex.

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  19. Association of the Modified Endothelial Activation and Stress Index with MASLD and Liver Fibrosis: Effect Modification by Magnesium Intake.The Turkish journal of gastroenterology : the official journal of Turkish Society of Gastroenterology · 2026
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99 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Forrest H NielsenResearch Nutritionist Consultant, Grand Forks, ND, USA.
Grand Forks Human Nutrition Research Center · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Animal studies have shown that magnesium deficiency induces an inflammatory response that results in leukocyte and macrophage activation, release of inflammatory cytokines and acute-phase proteins, and excessive production of free radicals. Animal and in vitro studies indicate that the primary mechanism through which magnesium deficiency has this effect is through increasing cellular Ca

Indexed as

chronic diseaseinflammatory stressmagnesium adequacymagnesium deficiencyoxidative stress

Identifiers

PMID29403302
PMCPMC5783146
OpenAlexW2783192265

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Registered trials

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