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ArticleInfection and immunity2019

Suppression of Obesity by an Intestinal Helminth through Interactions with Intestinal Microbiota.

Chikako Shimokawa, Seiji Obi, Mioko Shibata, Alex Olia, Takashi Imai, Kazutomo Suzue, Hajime Hisaeda

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Article in Infection and immunity, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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19citing papers in PubMed
2.3field-weighted citation impact, top 11% 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

19 citing papers in PubMed, 36 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

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Chikako ShimokawaDepartment of Parasitology, Graduate School of Medicine, Gunma University, Gunma, Japan.
Seiji ObiDepartment of Parasitology, Graduate School of Medicine, Gunma University, Gunma, Japan.
Mioko ShibataDepartment of Parasitology, Graduate School of Medicine, Gunma University, Gunma, Japan.
Alex OliaDepartment of Parasitology, Graduate School of Medicine, Gunma University, Gunma, Japan.
Takashi ImaiDepartment of Parasitology, Graduate School of Medicine, Gunma University, Gunma, Japan.
Kazutomo SuzueDepartment of Parasitology, Graduate School of Medicine, Gunma University, Gunma, Japan.
Hajime HisaedaDepartment of Parasitology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan hisa@niid.go.jp.
Gunma University · JPNational Institute of Infectious Diseases · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Obesity is increasingly causing lifestyle diseases in developed countries where helminthic infections are rarely seen. Here, we investigated whether an intestinal nematode,

Indexed as

Biological TherapyGastrointestinal MicrobiomeAdipocytesAnimalsHumansIntestinesMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, ObeseNematospiroides dubiusNorepinephrineObesityUncoupling Protein 1NorepinephrineUncoupling Protein 1helminthimmunitymicrobiotaobesity

Identifiers

PMID30962398
PMCPMC6529657
OpenAlexW2925557302

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