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ReviewNutrients2020

The Anti-Inflammatory Effect of Taurine on Cardiovascular Disease.

Tawar Qaradakhi, Laura Kate Gadanec, Kristen Renee McSweeney, Jemma Rose Abraham, Vasso Apostolopoulos, Anthony Zulli

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In one paragraph

Review in Nutrients, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 89 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
89citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
7.8field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

89 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 154 citations in OpenAlex.

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  17. Clinical implications of taurine in breast cancer.Biochemistry and biophysics reports · 2025
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29 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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 at 1 institution in 1 country.

Tawar QaradakhiInstitute for Health and Sport, Victoria University, Melbourne, VIC 8001, Australia.
Laura Kate GadanecInstitute for Health and Sport, Victoria University, Melbourne, VIC 8001, Australia.
Kristen Renee McSweeneyInstitute for Health and Sport, Victoria University, Melbourne, VIC 8001, Australia.
Jemma Rose AbrahamInstitute for Health and Sport, Victoria University, Melbourne, VIC 8001, Australia.
Vasso ApostolopoulosInstitute for Health and Sport, Victoria University, Melbourne, VIC 8001, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-6788-2771
Anthony ZulliInstitute for Health and Sport, Victoria University, Melbourne, VIC 8001, Australia.
Victoria University · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Taurine is a non-protein amino acid that is expressed in the majority of animal tissues. With its unique sulfonic acid makeup, taurine influences cellular functions, including osmoregulation, antioxidation, ion movement modulation, and conjugation of bile acids. Taurine exerts anti-inflammatory effects that improve diabetes and has shown benefits to the cardiovascular system, possibly by inhibition of the renin angiotensin system. The beneficial effects of taurine are reviewed.

Indexed as

AnimalsCardiovascular DiseasesDiabetes MellitusHumansInflammationObesityTaurineTaurinecardiovascularcoronary artery diseaseinflammationrenin angiotensin systemtaurine

Identifiers

PMID32957558
PMCPMC7551180
OpenAlexW3085530647

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Registered trials

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