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ArticleAging2020

Overexpression of METTL3 attenuates high-glucose induced RPE cell pyroptosis by regulating miR-25-3p/PTEN/Akt signaling cascade through DGCR8.

Xu Zha, Xiaoting Xi, Xinyu Fan, Minjun Ma, Yuanping Zhang, Yanni Yang

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Article in Aging, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 85 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
85citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
6.5field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

85 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 139 citations in OpenAlex.

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  18. MicroRNAs in diabetes mellitus.Journal of diabetes and metabolic disorders · 2025
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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

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Xu ZhaDepartment of Ophthalmology, The 2nd Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming Yunnan, China.
Xiaoting XiDepartment of Ophthalmology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming Yunnan, China.
Xinyu FanDepartment of Ophthalmology, The 2nd Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming Yunnan, China.
Minjun MaDepartment of Ophthalmology, The 2nd Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming Yunnan, China.
Yuanping ZhangDepartment of Ophthalmology, The 2nd Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming Yunnan, China.
Yanni YangDepartment of Ophthalmology, The 2nd Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming Yunnan, China.
Kunming Medical University · CNFirst Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Methyltransferase-like protein 3 (METTL3) regulates multiple cell functions and diseases by modulating N

Indexed as

Gene Expression RegulationApoptosisCell ProliferationDiabetic RetinopathyGlucoseHumansMethyltransferasesMicroRNAsProtein SubunitsProto-Oncogene Proteins c-aktPTEN PhosphohydrolasePyroptosisRetinal Pigment EpitheliumSignal TransductionTumor Suppressor ProteinsGlucoseMethyltransferasesMETTL3 protein, humanMicroRNAsMIRN25 microRNA, humanProtein SubunitsProto-Oncogene Proteins c-aktPTEN PhosphohydrolasePTEN protein, humanTumor Suppressor Proteinsm6AMETTL3miR-25-3pPTENpyroptosis

Identifiers

PMID32365051
PMCPMC7244028
OpenAlexW3021018631

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