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ArticleCancer prevention research (Philadelphia, Pa.)2018

Immunomodulatory Effects of

Chinthalapally V Rao

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Article in Cancer prevention research (Philadelphia, Pa.), 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
7citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 28% 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

7 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Nutraceutical Potential of Bitter Melon (Current issues in molecular biology · 2025
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  2. The Effect ofEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2021
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  3. Diverse roles of bitter melon (Journal of cancer metastasis and treatment · 2021
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  7. Bioactivity-Guided Isolation of Neuritogenic Factor from the Seeds of the Gac Plant (Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2018
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Chinthalapally V RaoCenter for Cancer Prevention and Drug Development, Department of Medicine, Hem-Onc Section, Stephenson Cancer Center, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. cv-rao@ouhsc.edu.
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In recent times, bitter melon extract (BME) has gained significant attention for its anticancer efficacy against various malignancies. In this issue,

Indexed as

Carcinoma, Squamous CellMouth NeoplasmsAnimalsMiceMomordica charantiaPlant ExtractsSignal TransductionPlant Extracts

Identifiers

PMID29559516
OpenAlexW2793201993

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Registered trials

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Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.