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ArticleAmerican journal of translational research2020

Melatonin ameliorates hyperglycaemia-induced renal inflammation by inhibiting the activation of TLR4 and TGF-β1/Smad3 signalling pathway.

Jie Wei, Yan Wang, Xiangming Qi, Zhe Fan, Yonggui Wu

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Article in American journal of translational research, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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14citing papers in PubMed
4.9field-weighted citation impact, top 5% 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, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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  10. Empowering Melatonin Therapeutics withDiseases (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021
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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

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jie WeiDepartment of Nehprology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University Hefei, Anhui, P. R. China.
Yan WangDepartment of Nehprology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University Hefei, Anhui, P. R. China.
Xiangming QiDepartment of Nehprology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University Hefei, Anhui, P. R. China.
Zhe FanDepartment of Nehprology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University Hefei, Anhui, P. R. China.
Yonggui WuDepartment of Nehprology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University Hefei, Anhui, P. R. China.
Anhui Medical University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Melatonin (MT), a hormone secreted from the pineal gland, has beneficial effects on the development of diabetic nephropathy (DN). In our study, we aimed to determine the effects of melatonin on renal inflammation and fibrosis in diabetic nephropathy.

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diabetic nephropathyfibrosisinflammationMelatonintoll-like receptor 4

Identifiers

PMID32509163
PMCPMC7270025
OpenAlexW3033280425

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