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ArticleMediators of inflammation2019

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Yun Zhang, Hong-Mei Tang, Chun-Feng Liu, Xie-Fang Yuan, Xiao-Yun Wang, Ning Ma, Guo-Feng Xu, Song-Ping Wang, Jun Deng, Xing Wang

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Article in Mediators of inflammation, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
14citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 26% 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

14 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 22 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

10 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yun ZhangInflammation & Allergic Diseases Research Unit, Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, 646000 Sichuan, China.
Hong-Mei TangInflammation & Allergic Diseases Research Unit, Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, 646000 Sichuan, China.
Chun-Feng LiuFirst Department of Respiratory Disease, Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, 646000 Sichuan, China.
Xie-Fang YuanInflammation & Allergic Diseases Research Unit, Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, 646000 Sichuan, China.
Xiao-Yun WangInflammation & Allergic Diseases Research Unit, Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, 646000 Sichuan, China.
Ning MaInflammation & Allergic Diseases Research Unit, Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, 646000 Sichuan, China.
Guo-Feng XuInflammation & Allergic Diseases Research Unit, Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, 646000 Sichuan, China.
Song-Ping WangFirst Department of Respiratory Disease, Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, 646000 Sichuan, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9814-279X
Jun DengFirst Department of Respiratory Disease, Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, 646000 Sichuan, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4858-3925
Xing WangInflammation & Allergic Diseases Research Unit, Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, 646000 Sichuan, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7667-076X
Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Higher concentrations of reactive oxygen species (ROS) have been associated with epithelial cell damage, cell shedding, and airway hyperresponsiveness. Previous studies have indicated that transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-

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AcetylcysteineAnimalsAutophagyBlotting, WesternCell LineEnzyme-Linked Immunosorbent AssayFemaleHumansImmunohistochemistryMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMicroscopy, ConfocalMucin 5ACNADPH Oxidase 4NADPH OxidasesPyroglyphidaeAcetylcysteineMuc5ac protein, mouseMucin 5ACNADPH Oxidase 4NADPH OxidasesReactive Oxygen SpeciesTransforming Growth Factor beta3

Identifiers

PMID32082074
PMCPMC7012255
OpenAlexW2997556187

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Registered trials

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