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ArticleTheranostics2018

Focused ultrasound with microbubbles induces sterile inflammatory response proportional to the blood brain barrier opening: Attention to experimental conditions.

Zsofia I Kovacs, Scott R Burks, Joseph A Frank

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Article in Theranostics, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 53 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
53citing papers in PubMed
3.7field-weighted citation impact, top 7% 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

53 citing papers in PubMed, 76 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Zsofia I KovacsFrank Laboratory, Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892.
Scott R BurksFrank Laboratory, Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892.
Joseph A FrankFrank Laboratory, Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892.
National Institutes of Health Clinical Center · USNational Institutes of Health · US

Funding

Preclinical high intensity focused ultrasound: mechanisms and applicationsZIACL040014 · CLC · CLINICAL CENTER · PI FRANK, JOSEPH · 2009 to 2025
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This editorial highlights the findings of McMahon [1] and demonstrates the need for careful attention to experimental conditions that influence microbubble concentration and pharmacokinetics contributed to focused ultrasound-induced blood brain barrier opening and sterile inflammation.

Indexed as

Blood-Brain BarrierMicrobubblesAttentionHumansInflammationPermeability

Identifiers

PMID29722362
PMCPMC5928885
OpenAlexW2790793059

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Registered trials

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