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ReviewDiabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity : targets and therapy2020

Toll-Like Receptor 4 and Inflammatory Micro-Environment of Pancreatic Islets in Type-2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Therapeutic Perspective.

Zhaoping Wang, Xiaolin Ni, Li Zhang, Liang Sun, Xiaoquan Zhu, Qi Zhou, Ze Yang, Huiping Yuan

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Review in Diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity : targets and therapy, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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19citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 32% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

19 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 27 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

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Zhaoping WangThe MOH Key Laboratory of Geriatrics, Beijing Hospital, National Center of Gerontology, Beijing, People's Republic of China.
Xiaolin NiThe MOH Key Laboratory of Geriatrics, Beijing Hospital, National Center of Gerontology, Beijing, People's Republic of China.
Li ZhangThe MOH Key Laboratory of Geriatrics, Beijing Hospital, National Center of Gerontology, Beijing, People's Republic of China.
Liang SunThe MOH Key Laboratory of Geriatrics, Beijing Hospital, National Center of Gerontology, Beijing, People's Republic of China.
Xiaoquan ZhuThe MOH Key Laboratory of Geriatrics, Beijing Hospital, National Center of Gerontology, Beijing, People's Republic of China.
Qi ZhouThe MOH Key Laboratory of Geriatrics, Beijing Hospital, National Center of Gerontology, Beijing, People's Republic of China.
Ze YangThe MOH Key Laboratory of Geriatrics, Beijing Hospital, National Center of Gerontology, Beijing, People's Republic of China.
Huiping YuanThe MOH Key Laboratory of Geriatrics, Beijing Hospital, National Center of Gerontology, Beijing, People's Republic of China.
Beijing Hospital · CNChinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Patients with type-2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) display chronic low-grade inflammation induced by activation of the innate immune system. Toll-like receptor (TLR)4 is a pattern recognition receptor that plays a vital part in activation of the innate immune system. Results from animal and computer-simulation studies have demonstrated that targeting TLR4 to block the TLR4-nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-κB) pathway reduces the inflammatory response and complications associated with T2DM. Therefore, TLR4-targeted therapy has broad prospects. Here, we reviewed the role of TLR4 in inflammation during chronic hyperglycemia in T2DM and its therapeutic prospects.

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inflammationT2DMTLR4TLR4 treatmentTLRS

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PMID33204132
PMCPMC7666984
OpenAlexW3102971763

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