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ArticleScientific reports2018

Air pollutant particulate matter 2.5 induces dry eye syndrome in mice.

Gang Tan, Juan Li, Qichen Yang, Anhua Wu, Dong-Yi Qu, Yahong Wang, Lei Ye, Jing Bao, Yi Shao

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Article in Scientific reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 68 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
68citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
9.2field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

68 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 132 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

9 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Gang TanDepartment of Ophthalmology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330006, Jiangxi Province, China.
Juan LiDepartment of Ophthalmology, the Fourth Hospital of Xi 'an, Xi'an, 710004, Shanxi Province, China.
Qichen YangEye Institute of Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, 361102, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0540-5838
Anhua WuDepartment of Ophthalmology, the First Affiliated Hospital of University of South China, Hengyan, 421001, Hunan Province, China.
Dong-Yi QuDepartment of ophthalmology, Haidian maternal & child health hospital, Beijing, 100080, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8423-4637
Yahong WangEnvironmental Monitoring Station of Xi'an City, Xi'an, 710054, Shaanxi Province, China.
Lei YeDepartment of Ophthalmology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330006, Jiangxi Province, China.
Jing BaoDepartment of Ophthalmology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330006, Jiangxi Province, China.
Yi ShaoDepartment of Ophthalmology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330006, Jiangxi Province, China. freebee99@163.com.
Nanchang University · CNFirst Affiliated Hospital of University of South China · CNHainan Maternal and Child Health Hospital · CNThe Fourth People's Hospital · CNXiamen University · CN

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 81400372
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In this study, we explored the effects of particulate matter 2.5 (PM

Indexed as

Dry Eye SyndromesEpithelium, CornealAir PollutantsAnimalsCell Line, TransformedCell ProliferationDisease Models, AnimalEye ProteinsGene Expression RegulationHumansMiceMice, Inbred BALB CParticulate MatterAir PollutantsEye ProteinsParticulate Matter

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PMID30546125
PMCPMC6292905
OpenAlexW2904016434

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