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ArticleScientific reports2021

Diquafosol tetrasodium elicits total cholesterol release from rabbit meibomian gland cells via P2Y

Ken-Ichi Endo, Asuka Sakamoto, Koushi Fujisawa

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Article in Scientific reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
13citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.7field-weighted citation impact, top 10% 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

13 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Topical diquafosol versus hyaluronic acid for the treatment of dry eye disease: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie · 2023
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  4. Comparison of two treatments for dry eye disease after corneal refractive surgery.Brazilian journal of medical and biological research = Revista brasileira de pesquisas medicas e biologicas · 2025
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  12. Efficacy of Artificial Tears Based on an Extract ofInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2021
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  13. Role of the Purinergic P2Y2 Receptor in Pulmonary Hypertension.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021
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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

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ken-Ichi EndoPharmaceutics and Pharmacology, Research and Development Division, Santen Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., 8916-16 Takayama-cho, Ikoma, Nara, 630-0101, Japan. kenichi.endo@santen.com.
Asuka SakamotoPharmaceutics and Pharmacology, Research and Development Division, Santen Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., 8916-16 Takayama-cho, Ikoma, Nara, 630-0101, Japan.
Koushi FujisawaPharmaceutics and Pharmacology, Research and Development Division, Santen Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., 8916-16 Takayama-cho, Ikoma, Nara, 630-0101, Japan.
Santen (Japan) · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Diquafosol tetrasodium (DQS), a purinergic P2Y

Indexed as

AnimalsCells, CulturedCholesterolDry Eye SyndromesMeibomian GlandsOphthalmic SolutionsPolyphosphatesPurinergic P2Y Receptor AgonistsRabbitsReceptors, Purinergic P2Y2RNA, MessengerTearsUracil NucleotidesCholesteroldiquafosolOphthalmic SolutionsPolyphosphatesPurinergic P2Y Receptor AgonistsReceptors, Purinergic P2Y2RNA, MessengerUracil Nucleotides

Identifiers

PMID33772064
PMCPMC7997929
OpenAlexW3139298644

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