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ArticleJournal of clinical & experimental immunology2020

Can cinnamon spice down autoimmune diseases?

Swarupa Pahan, Kalipada Pahan

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Article in Journal of clinical & experimental immunology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Benzoate Drugs for Traumatic Brain Injury.Journal of clinical & experimental immunology · 2026
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  4. Nutrients · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Swarupa PahanDivision of Research and Development, Jesse Brown Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Chicago, USA.
Kalipada PahanDivision of Research and Development, Jesse Brown Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Chicago, USA.

Funding

Muscle building supplement HMB for remyelinationR01AT010980 · NCCIH · RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI PAHAN, KALIPADA · 2020 to 2024
$2.7M
Cinnamon and its metabolite sodium benzoate in ParkinsonismI01BX003033 · VA · JESSE BROWN VA MEDICAL CENTER · PI PAHAN, KALIPADA · 2016 to 2020
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Cinnamon and traumatic brain injuryI01BX005002 · VA · JESSE BROWN VA MEDICAL CENTER · PI PAHAN, KALIPADA · 2020 to 2024
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BLR&D Research Career Scientist ApplicationIK6BX004982 · VA · JESSE BROWN VA MEDICAL CENTER · PI KALIPADA PAHAN · 2020 to 2026
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BLRD VA I01 BX003033BLRD VA I01 BX005002BLRD VA IK6 BX004982NCCIH NIH HHS R01 AT010980
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Autoimmune diseases are one of the dreadful group of human diseases that have always been of keen interest to researchers. Due to complex and broad-spectrum nature, scientists are not yet able to pinpoint the pathogenesis of and delineate effective therapy against this group of diseases. However, it is becoming clear that a decrease in number and function of T regulatory cells (Treg), an increase in autoreactive Th1/Th17 cells and associated immunomodulation and inflammation participate in the pathogenesis of many autoimmune diseases. Cinnamon (

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PMCPMC7720887

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