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ArticleF1000Research2018

Alternative miRNAs? Human sequences misidentified as plant miRNAs in plant studies and in human plasma.

Kenneth W Witwer

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Article in F1000Research, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
27citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 17% 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

27 citing papers in PubMed, 39 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. The Conundrum of XenomiRs and Human Health.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2025
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  9. Looking for Plant microRNAs in Human Blood Samples: Bioinformatics Evidence and Perspectives.Plant foods for human nutrition (Dordrecht, Netherlands) · 2023
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  19. Dietary microRNA-A Novel Functional Component of Food.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 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

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Kenneth W WitwerDepartment of Molecular and Comparative Pathobiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 21205, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1664-4233
Johns Hopkins University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

biofluiddietmicroRNAplasmaRNAixenomiR

Identifiers

PMID29744036
PMCPMC5904727
OpenAlexW2951111060

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Registered trials

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