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ArticleFrontiers in pharmacology2020

Berberine Protects Against Simulated Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury-Induced H9C2 Cardiomyocytes Apoptosis

Na Zhu, Jiang Li, Yongli Li, Yuwei Zhang, Qiubo Du, Peiyuan Hao, Jinying Li, Xueming Cao, Li Li

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Article in Frontiers in pharmacology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 62 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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62citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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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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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

62 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 96 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

9 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Na ZhuDepartment of Health Management, Henan Provincial People's Hospital, People's Hospital of Zhengzhou University, School of Clinical Medicine, Henan University, Zhengzhou, China.
Jiang LiHenan Provincial Research Center of Natural Medicine Extraction and Medical Technology Application Engineering, Zhengzhou Railway Vocational Technical College, Zhengzhou, China.
Yongli LiDepartment of Health Management, Henan Provincial People's Hospital, People's Hospital of Zhengzhou University, School of Clinical Medicine, Henan University, Zhengzhou, China.
Yuwei ZhangMedical Genetic Institute of Henan Province, Henan Provincial People's Hospital, Zhengzhou University People's Hospital, School of Clinical Medicine, Henan University, Zhengzhou, China.
Qiubo DuDepartment of Cardiology, Henan Provincial Key Lab for Control of Coronary Heart Disease, Henan Provincial People's Hospital, Central China Fuwai Hospital, Zhengzhou University People's Hospital, School of Clinical Medicine, Henan University, Zhengzhou, China.
Peiyuan HaoDepartment of Cardiology, Henan Provincial Key Lab for Control of Coronary Heart Disease, Henan Provincial People's Hospital, Central China Fuwai Hospital, Zhengzhou University People's Hospital, School of Clinical Medicine, Henan University, Zhengzhou, China.
Jinying LiDepartment of Health Management, Henan Provincial People's Hospital, People's Hospital of Zhengzhou University, School of Clinical Medicine, Henan University, Zhengzhou, China.
Xueming CaoDepartment of Cardiology, Henan Provincial Key Lab for Control of Coronary Heart Disease, Henan Provincial People's Hospital, Central China Fuwai Hospital, Zhengzhou University People's Hospital, School of Clinical Medicine, Henan University, Zhengzhou, China.
Li LiDepartment of Scientific Research and Discipline Construction, Henan Provincial People's Hospital, Zhengzhou University People's Hospital, Henan University People's Hospital, Zhengzhou, China.
Henan Provincial People's Hospital · CNZhengzhou University · CNHenan University · CNZhengzhou Railway Vocational & Technical College · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Berberine (BBR) has a variety of pharmacological activities and is widely used in Asian countries. However, the clinical application of BBR still lacks scientific basis, what protective mechanism of BBR against myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury (MIRI).

Indexed as

berberineHIF-1α/BNIP3 pathwaymitophagymyocardial ischemia injurymyocardial reperfusion injury

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PMID32292345
PMCPMC7120539
OpenAlexW3013236123

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