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ArticleMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2018

Phycocyanin Protects Against UVB-induced Apoptosis Through the PKC α/βII-Nrf-2/HO-1 Dependent Pathway in Human Primary Skin Cells.

Ki Mo Kim, Joo Young Lee, A-Rang Im, Sungwook Chae

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Article 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 19 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
19citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 32% 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

19 citing papers in PubMed, 46 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

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Ki Mo KimKM Convergence Research Division, Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine, 1672 Yuseong-daero, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 34054, Korea. vsrc@kiom.re.kr.
Joo Young LeeKM Convergence Research Division, Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine, 1672 Yuseong-daero, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 34054, Korea. jy0130@kiom.re.kr.ORCID 0000-0001-8761-5187
A-Rang ImKM Convergence Research Division, Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine, 1672 Yuseong-daero, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 34054, Korea. lar747@kiom.re.kr.
Sungwook ChaeDepartment of Korean Life Science and Technology, Korea University of Science and Technology, Daejeon 34113, Korea. kendall@kiom.re.kr.
Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine · KRKorea University of Science and Technology · KR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Phycocyanin (Pc) is one of the active pigment constituents of

Indexed as

Anti-Inflammatory AgentsApoptosisCaspase 3Gene Expression RegulationHeme Oxygenase-1HumansInflammationKeratinocytesNF-E2-Related Factor 2PhycocyaninPoly (ADP-Ribose) Polymerase-1Protein Kinase C-alphaSpirulinaUltraviolet RaysAnti-Inflammatory AgentsCaspase 3Heme Oxygenase-1HMOX1 protein, humanNFE2L2 protein, humanNF-E2-Related Factor 2PARP1 protein, humanPhycocyaninPoly (ADP-Ribose) Polymerase-1PRKCA protein, humanProtein Kinase C-alphaapoptosisheme oxygenase-1nuclear factor erythroid-derived 2 (NF-E2)-like 2phycocyanin

Identifiers

PMID29470442
PMCPMC6017183
OpenAlexW2792023500

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