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ReviewJournal of cellular and molecular medicine2020

Immunomodulatory effects of berberine on the inflamed joint reveal new therapeutic targets for rheumatoid arthritis management.

Peng Shen, Yang Jiao, Li Miao, Ji-Hua Chen, Amir Abbas Momtazi-Borojeni

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Review in Journal of cellular and molecular medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 40 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
40citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
5.4field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

40 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 73 citations in OpenAlex.

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  19. Eosinophils in Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Multifaceted Role in the Pathogenesis of the Disease.Biocell : official journal of the Sociedades Latinoamericanas de Microscopia Electronica ... et. al · 2025
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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 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Peng Shen *Department of Stomatology, Clinical Department of Aerospace City, Northern Beijing Medical District, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China.
Yang Jiao *Department of Stomatology, The 7th Medical Center, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China.
Li MiaoDepartment of Stomatology, The 7th Medical Center, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China.
Ji-Hua ChenNational Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases & State Key Laboratory of Military Stomatology & Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, Department of Prosthodontics, School of Stomatology, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China.
Amir Abbas Momtazi-BorojeniHalal Research center of IRI, FDA, Tehran, Iran.ORCID 0000-0002-4376-1083
Chinese PLA General Hospital · CNAir Force Medical University · CNAtomic Energy Organization of Iran · IR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammatory syndrome designated by synovial joint inflammation leading to cartilage degradation and bone damage as well as progressive disability. Synovial inflammation is promoted through the infiltration of mononuclear immune cells, dominated by CD4

Indexed as

AnimalsArthritis, RheumatoidBerberineCD4-Positive T-LymphocytesCell CycleCell MovementCell ProliferationDendritic CellsFibroblastsGene Expression RegulationHumansInflammationIntestinesJointsLipidsMacrophagesBerberineLipidsberberineimmunomodulatoryrheumatoid arthritissynovial joint inflammation

Identifiers

PMID32969153
PMCPMC7687014
OpenAlexW3089260492

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Registered trials

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