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ArticleExperimental and therapeutic medicine2018

Immunomodulatory effect of

Jianjun Ren, Yu Zhao, Shi Huang, Dan Lv, Fengling Yang, Lin Lou, Yongbo Zheng, Jie Zhang, Shixi Liu, Nan Zhang and 1 more

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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 18 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
18citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.5field-weighted citation impact, top 12% 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

18 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 32 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

11 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Jianjun RenDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, West China Hospital, West China Medical School, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, P.R. China.
Yu ZhaoDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, West China Hospital, West China Medical School, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, P.R. China.
Shi HuangDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chengdu Medical College, Chengdu, Sichuan 610000, P.R. China.
Dan LvDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, West China Hospital, West China Medical School, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, P.R. China.
Fengling YangDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, West China Hospital, West China Medical School, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, P.R. China.
Lin LouDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, West China Hospital, West China Medical School, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, P.R. China.
Yongbo ZhengDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, West China Hospital, West China Medical School, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, P.R. China.
Jie ZhangUpper Airways Research Laboratory, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, P.R. China.
Shixi LiuUpper Airways Research Laboratory, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, P.R. China.
Nan ZhangUpper Airways Research Laboratory, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium.
Claus BachertUpper Airways Research Laboratory, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium.
Sichuan University · CNGhent University · BEFirst Affiliated Hospital of Chengdu Medical College · CNWest China Hospital of Sichuan University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bifidobacterium

Indexed as

allergic rhinitisBifidobacterium breveprobioticsregulatory T cells

Identifiers

PMID30344677
PMCPMC6176161
OpenAlexW2891791754

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