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ArticleAutophagy2021

1-phenyl 2-thiourea (PTU) activates autophagy in zebrafish embryos.

Xiang-Ke Chen, Joseph Shiu-Kwong Kwan, Raymond Chuen-Chung Chang, Alvin Chun-Hang Ma

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Article in Autophagy, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

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25citing papers in PubMed
3.3field-weighted citation impact, top 7% 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

25 citing papers in PubMed, 49 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Xiang-Ke ChenLaboratory of Neurodegenerative Diseases, School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, China.
Joseph Shiu-Kwong KwanCharing Cross Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-4635-3322
Raymond Chuen-Chung ChangLaboratory of Neurodegenerative Diseases, School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, China.ORCID 0000-0001-8538-7993
Alvin Chun-Hang MaDepartment of Health Technology and Informatics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China.ORCID 0000-0002-4800-2844
University of Hong Kong · HKHong Kong Polytechnic University · HKImperial College Healthcare NHS Trust · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

1-phenyl 2-thiourea (PTU) is a Tyr (tyrosinase) inhibitor that is extensively used to block pigmentation and improve optical transparency in zebrafish (

Indexed as

AnimalsAutophagosomesAutophagyChloroquineClass III Phosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesLysosomesThioureaZebrafishChloroquineClass III Phosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesThiourea1-phenyl 2-thioureaautophagymelanogenesistyrosinasezebrafish embryo

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PMID32286915
PMCPMC8143244
OpenAlexW3016211230

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