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ArticleMediators of inflammation2020

Study the Association of Tumor Necrosis Factor Promoter Polymorphism with Type 2 Diabetic Nephropathy.

Mahmoud Emara, Rawhia El-Edel, Waleed M Fathy, Noran T Aboelkhair, Mona M Watany, Dalia H Abou-Elela

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Article in Mediators of inflammation, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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13citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 27% 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

13 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 16 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

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Mahmoud EmaraInternal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Menoufia University, Egypt.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0484-457X
Rawhia El-EdelClinical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Menoufia University, Egypt.
Waleed M FathyClinical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Menoufia University, Egypt.
Noran T AboelkhairClinical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Menoufia University, Egypt.
Mona M WatanyClinical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University, Egypt.
Dalia H Abou-ElelaClinical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Menoufia University, Egypt.
Menoufia University · EGTanta University · EG

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) is well known to include an inflammatory component that has been considered to be related to diabetic complications. Diabetic nephropathy (DN) is one of the significant complications as it constitutes the most frequent cause of end-stage renal disease. Tumor Necrosis Factor-

Indexed as

AdultAgedCase-Control StudiesDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2Diabetic NephropathiesFemaleGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseGenotypeHumansMaleMiddle AgedPolymorphism, Single NucleotidePromoter Regions, GeneticTumor Necrosis Factor-alphaTumor Necrosis Factor-alpha

Identifiers

PMID32684830
PMCPMC7350132
OpenAlexW3039742440

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