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ArticleEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2018

Bushenkangshuai Tablet Reduces Atherosclerotic Lesion by Improving Blood Lipids Metabolism and Inhibiting Inflammatory Response via TLR4 and NF-

Shu-Chao Pang, Li Peng, Jun-Ping Zhang, Yuan-Yuan Wang, Hui-Yun Jia, Li-Yuan Bi, Mei-Ling Chen

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Article in Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 34% 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

1 citing paper in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. BuShenKangShuai Tablet Alleviates Hepatic Steatosis via Improving Liver Adiponectin Resistance in ApoEEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 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

7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Shu-Chao PangFirst Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 300193, China.
Li PengMedical College, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China.ORCID 0000-0001-9081-5286
Jun-Ping ZhangFirst Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 300193, China.ORCID 0000-0002-0669-1629
Yuan-Yuan WangTianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 300193, China.
Hui-Yun JiaTianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 300193, China.
Li-Yuan BiTianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 300193, China.
Mei-Ling ChenTianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 300193, China.
Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine · CNFirst Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine · CNXiamen University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bushenkangshuai tablet (BSKS) is a Chinese herbal compound which has been used for the treatment of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases in China for decades. This study intends to explore the molecular mechanism of BSKS against atherosclerosis in ApoE

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PMCPMC5829360
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