Evidence map›Paper›PMID 32707775›Full record

ReviewMarine drugs2020

Molecular Targets and Related Biologic Activities of Fucoidan: A Review.

Zhen Lin, Xiaohui Tan, Yu Zhang, Fangping Li, Ping Luo, Huazhong Liu

Abstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review in Marine drugs, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
27citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
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

27 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Trial
  2. Article
  3. Review
  4. Article
  5. Review
  6. Review
  7. Article
  8. Nasal Administration ofPharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
    Article
  9. Review
  10. DNA Dendron Tagging as a Universal Way to Deliver Proteins to Cells.Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2025
    Article
  11. Review
  12. Article
  13. Specific interaction between Group BInfection and immunity · 2024
    Article
  14. Review
  15. Review
  16. Review
  17. Article
  18. Anti-International journal of molecular sciences · 2023
    Article
  19. Review
  20. Article
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.

Zhen LinFaculty of Chemistry & Environment Sciences, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang 524088, China.ORCID 0000-0003-0765-5432
Xiaohui TanFaculty of Chemistry & Environment Sciences, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang 524088, China.
Yu ZhangFaculty of Chemistry & Environment Sciences, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang 524088, China.
Fangping LiFaculty of Chemistry & Environment Sciences, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang 524088, China.
Ping LuoFaculty of Chemistry & Environment Sciences, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang 524088, China.
Huazhong LiuFaculty of Chemistry & Environment Sciences, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang 524088, China.

Funding

Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province 2019A1515011102Science and Technology Project on Special Fund for Public Welfare Research and Ability Construction of Guangdong Province 2017A010105010
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Fucoidan-a marine natural active polysaccharide derived from brown algae with a variety of medicinal activities and low toxicity-has been used as clinical drug for renal diseases for nearly 20 years. The pharmacological mechanism of fucoidan has been well-investigated, based on target molecules and downstream signaling pathways. This review summarizes some important molecular targets of fucoidan and its related biologic activities, including scavenger receptor (SR), Toll-like receptors (TLRs), C-type lectin (CLEC) and some newly found target molecules, which may be beneficial for further understanding the pharmacological mechanism of fucoidan and discovering its new functions, as well as developing related clinical or adjuvant drugs and functional preparations.

Indexed as

AnimalsHumansPhaeophyceaePolysaccharidesSignal TransductionfucoidanPolysaccharidesbiologic activityfucoidanmolecular target

Identifiers

PMID32707775
PMCPMC7459501

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.