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ArticleCureus2019

Significant Reduction of Elevated Triglycerides and Liver Fibrosis in Diabetic Dyslipidemia with Saroglitazar: A Case Report.

Sayak Roy, Abhijnan Ghosh

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Article in Cureus, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 35% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Gut-Pancreas-Liver Axis as a Target for Treatment of NAFLD/NASH.International journal of molecular sciences · 2020
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Sayak RoyInternal Medicine, Calcutta Medical Research Institute Hospital, Kolkata, IND.
Abhijnan GhoshPharmacology, The Institute of Post-Graduate Medical Education and Research, Kolkata, IND.
Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata · INMedical Research Institute · LK

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Metabolic disorders are characterized by pathologies like visceral adiposity, hypertension, type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), dyslipidemia, impaired glucose tolerance, fatty liver, and so on, with insulin resistance being the main contributing factor. Insulin resistance and diabetes mellitus are commonly associated with elevated triglyceride levels. Among the available medications for treating metabolic disorders, only Saroglitazar has a dual peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor ɑ + γ action that can reduce high triglycerides and improve insulin sensitivity. This medication may also reduce liver fibrosis content. The present case report illustrates the efficacy of Saroglitazar in reducing hypertriglyceridemia and liver stiffness as assessed by shear wave elastography.

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hypertriglyceridemiasaroglitazarshear wave elastographytype 2 diabetes mellitus

Identifiers

PMID31886093
PMCPMC6910614
OpenAlexW2996353490

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