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ReviewNutrients2019

Changes in Plasma Free Fatty Acids Associated with Type-2 Diabetes.

Amélie I S Sobczak, Claudia A Blindauer, Alan J Stewart

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Review in Nutrients, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 151 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
151citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
20.5field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

151 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 305 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

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Amélie I S SobczakSchool of Medicine, University of St Andrews, St Andrews KY16 9TF, UK.
Claudia A BlindauerDepartment of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7EQ, UK. c.blindauer@warwick.ac.uk.
Alan J StewartSchool of Medicine, University of St Andrews, St Andrews KY16 9TF, UK. ajs21@st-andrews.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0003-4580-1840
University of St Andrews · GBUniversity of Warwick · GB

Funding

British Heart Foundation FS/15/42/3155British Heart Foundation FS/15/42/31556British Heart Foundation PG/15/9/31270Leverhulme Trust RPG-2017-214
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is associated with increased total plasma free fatty acid (FFA) concentrations and an elevated risk of cardiovascular disease. The exact mechanisms by which the plasma FFA profile of subjects with T2DM changes is unclear, but it is thought that dietary fats and changes to lipid metabolism are likely to contribute. Therefore, establishing the changes in concentrations of specific FFAs in an individual's plasma is important. Each type of FFA has different effects on physiological processes, including the regulation of lipolysis and lipogenesis in adipose tissue, inflammation, endocrine signalling and the composition and properties of cellular membranes. Alterations in such processes due to altered plasma FFA concentrations/profiles can potentially result in the development of insulin resistance and coagulatory defects. Finally, fibrates and statins, lipid-regulating drugs prescribed to subjects with T2DM, are also thought to exert part of their beneficial effects by impacting on plasma FFA concentrations. Thus, it is also interesting to consider their effects on the concentration of FFAs in plasma. Collectively, we review how FFAs are altered in T2DM and explore the likely downstream physiological and pathological implications of such changes.

Indexed as

Lipid MetabolismAnimalsBiomarkersDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2DyslipidemiasFatty Acids, NonesterifiedFibric AcidsHumansHydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase InhibitorsTreatment OutcomeBiomarkersFatty Acids, NonesterifiedFibric AcidsHydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitorscardiovascular diseasefibratesfree fatty acidslipidomicsmetabolismstatinstype-2 diabetes mellitus

Identifiers

PMID31466350
PMCPMC6770316
OpenAlexW2971291901

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