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ArticleOxidative medicine and cellular longevity2020

Metformin Ameliorates A

Xin-Yi Lu, Shun Huang, Qu-Bo Chen, Dapeng Zhang, Wanyan Li, Ran Ao, Feona Chung-Yin Leung, Zhimin Zhang, Jisheng Huang, Ying Tang and 1 more

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Article in Oxidative medicine and cellular longevity, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 56 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
56citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
8.2field-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

56 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 104 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

11 authors at 6 institutions in 2 countries.

Xin-Yi LuBiological Resource Center, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5961-6625
Shun HuangNanfang PET Center, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0576-9308
Qu-Bo ChenBiological Resource Center, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China.
Dapeng ZhangThe First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Wanyan LiThe First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Ran AoThe First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Feona Chung-Yin LeungSchool of Chinese Medicine, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
Zhimin ZhangThe First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Jisheng HuangDrug Non-Clinical Evaluation Center of Guangzhou Institute of Pharmaceutical Industry, Guangzhou General Pharmaceutical Research Institute Co. Ltd., Guangzhou, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0352-303X
Ying TangThe First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5666-8139
Shi-Jie ZhangDepartment of Neurology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5399-7260
First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University · CNGuangzhou University of Chinese Medicine · CNFirst Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine · CNNanfang Hospital · CNSouthern Medical University · CNUniversity of Hong Kong · HK

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common neurodegenerative disease. The accumulation of amyloid beta (A

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Alzheimer DiseaseAmyloid beta-PeptidesAnimalsDisease Models, AnimalHypoglycemic AgentsMaleMetforminMiceMice, TransgenicAmyloid beta-PeptidesHypoglycemic AgentsMetformin

Identifiers

PMID32377293
PMCPMC7191377
OpenAlexW3018669750

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