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ArticleAnimal cells and systems2019

Lithium chloride promotes proliferation of neural stem cells

Jian Zhang, Lu He, Zhong Yang, Lihong Li, Wenqin Cai

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Article in Animal cells and systems, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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15citing papers in PubMed
1.0field-weighted citation impact, top 23% 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

15 citing papers in PubMed, 29 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

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Jian ZhangDepartment of Geriatrics, Chinese PLA 113rd Hospital, Ningbo, People's Republic of China.ORCID 0000-0002-5496-7116
Lu HeDepartment of Geriatrics, Chinese PLA 113rd Hospital, Ningbo, People's Republic of China.
Zhong YangDepartment of Neurobiology, The Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, People's Republic of China.
Lihong LiDepartment of Neurobiology, The Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, People's Republic of China.
Wenqin CaiDepartment of Neurobiology, The Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, People's Republic of China.
Army Medical University · CNNingbo No.6 Hospital · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The objective of this study was to clarify the relationship between the effect and associated mechanisms of lithium chloride on neural stem cells (NSCs) and the Wnt signaling pathway. The expression of key molecules proteins related to the Wnt signaling pathway in the proliferation and differentiation of control NSCs and lithium chloride-treated NSCs was detected by Western blot analysis. Flow cytometry analysis was applied to study the cell cycle dynamics of control NSCs and NSCs treated with lithium chloride. The therapeutic concentrations of lithium chloride stimulated NSC proliferation. β-catenin expression gradually decreased, while Gsk-3β expression gradually increased (

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GSK-3βLithium chlorideneural stem cellsWnt signaling pathwayβ-catenin

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PMID30834157
PMCPMC6394309
OpenAlexW2902610121

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