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ArticleBiochimica et biophysica acta. Molecular basis of disease2020

Melatonin down-regulates steroidal hormones, thymocyte apoptosis and inflammatory cytokines in middle-aged T. cruzi infected rats.

Vânia Brazão, Fabricia Helena Santello, Rafaela Pravato Colato, Andressa Duarte, Amanda Goulart, Pedro Alexandre Sampaio, Viviani Nardini, Carlos Arterio Sorgi, Lúcia Helena Faccioli, José Clóvis do Prado

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Article in Biochimica et biophysica acta. Molecular basis of disease, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 43% 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

4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 10 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

10 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Vânia BrazãoCollege of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Ribeirão Preto (FCFRP), University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil. Electronic address: vaniabrazao@gmail.com.
Fabricia Helena SantelloCollege of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Ribeirão Preto (FCFRP), University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.
Rafaela Pravato ColatoCollege of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Ribeirão Preto (FCFRP), University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.
Andressa DuarteCollege of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Ribeirão Preto (FCFRP), University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.
Amanda GoulartCollege of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Ribeirão Preto (FCFRP), University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.
Pedro Alexandre SampaioCollege of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Ribeirão Preto (FCFRP), University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.
Viviani NardiniCollege of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Ribeirão Preto (FCFRP), University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.
Carlos Arterio SorgiCollege of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Ribeirão Preto (FCFRP), University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.
Lúcia Helena FaccioliCollege of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Ribeirão Preto (FCFRP), University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.
José Clóvis do PradoCollege of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Ribeirão Preto (FCFRP), University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.
Universidade de Ribeirão Preto · BRUniversidade de São Paulo · BR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chagas disease, triggered by the flagellate protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi (T. cruzi) plays a potentially threat to historically non-endemic areas. Considerable evidence established that the immuno-endocrine balance could deeply influence the experimental T. cruzi progression inside the host's body. A high-resolution multiple reaction monitoring approach (MRM

Indexed as

AgingAldosteroneAnimalsApoptosisCorticosteroneCortisoneCytokinesInterleukin-1alphaInterleukin-1betaMaleMelatoninRatsRats, WistarTandem Mass SpectrometryThymocytesTrypanosoma cruziAldosteroneCorticosteroneCortisoneCytokinesInterleukin-1alphaInterleukin-1betaMelatoninAdrenalAgingCytokinesMelatoninSteroidal hormonesTrypanosoma cruzi

Identifiers

PMID32768678
PMCPMC7406476
OpenAlexW3047124601

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