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ArticleEuropean journal of breast health2021

Sammy Al-Benna

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Article in European journal of breast health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 47% 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

4 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. ACE2 gene expression in skin and subcutaneous tissues of free flaps.Chinese journal of traumatology = Zhonghua chuang shang za zhi · 2025
    Article
  3. Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 gene expression in human male urological tissues: implications for pathogenesis and virus transmission pathways.African journal of urology : the official journal of the Pan African Urological Surgeons' Association (PAUSA) · 2021
    Article
  4. Breast reconstruction during the COVID-19 pandemic in resource-limited settings.GMS Interdisciplinary plastic and reconstructive surgery DGPW · 2021
    Review
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

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sammy Al-BennaDivision of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Stellenbosch University and Tygerberg Academic Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4079-9286
Stellenbosch University · ZA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveBinding to angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) receptor is a critical step for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARSCoV- 2) to mediate its entry into target cells. ACE2 is expressed in many human tissues, including the lungs. However, no research has demonstrated that SARS-CoV-2 can infect human breast tissue. This study aimed to investigate MATERIALS AND

methodsA search of a public gene expression database was performed to investigate

resultsThe gene expression profile demonstrated that

conclusionOur knowledge about coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) is expanding rapidly. Clinicians are eager for vetted information regarding all aspects of this new illness, and this study demonstrates that the level of ACE2 expression in human breast tissue is higher than that in the lung tissue, a major target tissue affected by SARS-CoV-2 infection. This finding strongly suggests that SARS-CoV-2 infection causes breast pathology.

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angiotensin converting enzyme 2BreastcoronavirusCOVID-19gene expressionsevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2

Identifiers

PMID33870109
PMCPMC8025721
OpenAlexW3148808859

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