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ReviewBiomedicines2021

C-Peptide as a Therapy for Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus.

Rachel L Washburn, Karl Mueller, Gurvinder Kaur, Tanir Moreno, Naima Moustaid-Moussa, Latha Ramalingam, Jannette M Dufour

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Review in Biomedicines, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
22citing papers in PubMed
9.6field-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

22 citing papers in PubMed, 42 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Rachel L WashburnDepartment of Immunology and Infectious Disease, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX 79430, USA.
Karl MuellerDepartment of Cell Biology and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX 79430, USA.
Gurvinder KaurDepartments of Medical Education, Cell Biology and Biochemistry, Obesity Research Institute, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX 79430, USA.
Tanir MorenoDepartment of Cell Biology and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX 79430, USA.
Naima Moustaid-MoussaDepartment of Nutritional Sciences, College of Human Sciences, Obesity Research Institute, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7508-8030
Latha RamalingamDepartment of Nutrition and Food Studies, Falk College, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4856-7327
Jannette M DufourDepartment of Cell Biology and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX 79430, USA.
Texas Tech University · USSyracuse University · US

Funding

The Jasper L. and Jack Denton Wilson Foundation N/AThe Ted Nash Long Life Foundation N/A
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a complex metabolic disease affecting one-third of the United States population. It is characterized by hyperglycemia, where the hormone insulin is either not produced sufficiently or where there is a resistance to insulin. Patients with Type 1 DM (T1DM), in which the insulin-producing beta cells are destroyed by autoimmune mechanisms, have a significantly increased risk of developing life-threatening cardiovascular complications, even when exogenous insulin is administered. In fact, due to various factors such as limited blood glucose measurements and timing of insulin administration, only 37% of T1DM adults achieve normoglycemia. Furthermore, T1DM patients do not produce C-peptide, a cleavage product from insulin processing. C-peptide has potential therapeutic effects in vitro and in vivo on many complications of T1DM, such as peripheral neuropathy, atherosclerosis, and inflammation. Thus, delivery of C-peptide in conjunction with insulin through a pump, pancreatic islet transplantation, or genetically engineered Sertoli cells (an immune privileged cell type) may ameliorate many of the cardiovascular and vascular complications afflicting T1DM patients.

Indexed as

cardiovascular diseaseC-peptidediabetes mellitusendothelial activationendothelial dysfunctionSertoli cells

Identifiers

PMID33800470
PMCPMC8000702
OpenAlexW3134989014

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