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ArticleExperimental and therapeutic medicine2018

Triptolide protects podocytes via autophagy in immunoglobulin A nephropathy.

Shikai Liang, Juan Jin, Xiaogang Shen, Xinxin Jiang, Yiwen Li, Qiang He

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Article in Experimental and therapeutic medicine, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12citing papers in PubMed
2.9field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 23 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Shikai LiangDepartment of Nephrology, Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310014, P.R. China.
Juan JinDepartment of Nephrology, Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310014, P.R. China.
Xiaogang ShenDepartment of Nephrology, Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310014, P.R. China.
Xinxin JiangDepartment of Nephrology, Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310014, P.R. China.
Yiwen LiDepartment of Nephrology, Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310014, P.R. China.
Qiang HeDepartment of Nephrology, Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310014, P.R. China.
Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Triptolide is often used to treat patients with immunoglobulin A nephropathy (IgAN), especially in Asia. However, its detailed mechanism remains unclear.

Indexed as

autophagyimmunoglobulin Anephropathypodocytetriptolide

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PMID30186468
PMCPMC6122401
OpenAlexW2884394058

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