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ArticleFrontiers in pharmacology2018

Berberine Regulates Treg/Th17 Balance to Treat Ulcerative Colitis Through Modulating the Gut Microbiota in the Colon.

Huantian Cui, Yuzi Cai, Li Wang, Beitian Jia, Junchen Li, Shuwu Zhao, Xiaoqian Chu, Jin Lin, Xiaoyu Zhang, Yuhong Bian and 1 more

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Article in Frontiers in pharmacology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 121 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
121citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
16.5field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

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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

121 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 234 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Huantian CuiTianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China.
Yuzi CaiTianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China.
Li WangTianjin Second People's Hospital, Tianjin, China.
Beitian JiaTianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China.
Junchen LiTianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China.
Shuwu ZhaoTianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China.
Xiaoqian ChuTianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China.
Jin LinTianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China.
Xiaoyu ZhangTianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China.
Yuhong BianTianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China.
Pengwei ZhuangTianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China.
Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine · CNTianjin People's Hospital · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Berberine (BBR), an alkaloid isolated from

Indexed as

berberinegut microbiotainflammationTreg/Th17 balanceulcerative colitis

Identifiers

PMID29904348
PMCPMC5991375
OpenAlexW2805331522

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