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Observational studyAmerican journal of respiratory and critical care medicine2021

Metformin: Experimental and Clinical Evidence for a Potential Role in Emphysema Treatment.

Francesca Polverino, Tianshi David Wu, Joselyn Rojas-Quintero, Xiaoyun Wang, Jonathan Mayo, Michael Tomchaney, Judy Tram, Samuel Packard, Duo Zhang, Kristan H Cleveland and 18 more

Abstract readMulticenter StudyObservational Study
In one paragraph

Observational study in American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 57 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
57citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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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

57 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  4. Hallmarks of the ageing lung: 10 years later.The European respiratory journal · 2026
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  14. Post-COPD: Can Emphysema Be Repaired?American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine · 2025
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  17. Senotherapy for chronic lung disease.Pharmacological reviews · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

28 authors.

Francesca PolverinoAsthma and Airway Disease Research Center and.ORCID 0000-0001-9686-5698
Tianshi David WuSection of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.
Joselyn Rojas-QuinteroDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine and.
Xiaoyun WangClinical and Experimental Therapeutics, College of Pharmacy, University of Georgia and Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center, Augusta, Georgia.ORCID 0000-0002-9900-740X
Jonathan MayoAsthma and Airway Disease Research Center and.
Michael TomchaneyAsthma and Airway Disease Research Center and.
Judy TramAsthma and Airway Disease Research Center and.
Samuel PackardAsthma and Airway Disease Research Center and.
Duo ZhangCollege of Pharmacy, and.
Kristan H ClevelandCollege of Pharmacy, and.
Elizabeth Cordoba-LanusServicio de Neumología, Unidad de Investigación, Hospital Universitario La Candelaria, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Tenerife, Spain.
Caroline A OwenDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine and.
Ashraf FawzyDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
Greg L KinneyDepartment of Epidemiology, Colorado School of Public Health, Aurora, Colorado.
Craig P HershChanning Division of Network Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.ORCID 0000-0002-1342-4334
Nadia N HanselDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
Kevin DoubledayDivision of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine.
Maor SaulerPulmonary Division, School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut.
Yohannes TesfaigziDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine and.ORCID 0000-0002-3997-5839
Julie G LedfordAsthma and Airway Disease Research Center and.
Ciro CasanovaServicio de Neumología, Unidad de Investigación, Hospital Universitario La Candelaria, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Tenerife, Spain.
Jaroslaw ZmijewskiPulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama; and.
John KonhilasDepartment of Physiology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona.
Paul R LanglaisDivision of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine.
Rick SchnellmannCollege of Pharmacy, and.
Irfan RahmanDepartment of Environmental Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York.
Meredith McCormackDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
Bartolome CelliDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine and.

Funding

Yale Clinical and Translational Science Award (U Component)UL1TR001863 · NCATS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI John H. Krystal, LUCILA OHNO-MACHADO · 2016 to 2026
$102.9M
Genetic Epidemiology of COPDU01HL089897 · NHLBI · NATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH · PI CRAPO, JAMES D · 2007 to 2021
$56.9M
Genetic Epidemiology of COPDU01HL089856 · NHLBI · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI SILVERMAN, EDWIN K · 2007 to 2021
$20.7M
Early Origins of Chronic Lung Disease: Outcomes into the Fifth Decade of LifeR01HL132523 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA · PI Stefano Guerra, Fernando D Martinez · 2016 to 2026
$15.1M
Training in Environmental Toxicology of Human DiseaseT32ES007091 · NIEHS · UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA · PI Nathan J Cherrington · 1985 to 2026
$10.7M
The role of obesity in biological responses to particulate matter in miceP50ES018176 · NIEHS · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI HANSEL, NADIA N · 2015 to 2019
$4.8M
AMPK in the Development and Resolution of Lung FibrosisR01HL139617 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI Victor J. Thannickal, Jaroslaw Waldemar Zmijewski · 2019 to 2026
$4.4M
Defining mechanisms of CC16 on epithelial-driven host responses to pathogensR01HL142769 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA · PI Julie Gunnells Ledford · 2019 to 2026
$4.2M
The Environmental Assessments Core (FSC)P50MD010431 · NIMHD · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI HANSEL, NADIA N · 2015 to 2019
$3.5M
B cell-adaptive Immune Profile in Emphysema-predominant COPDR01HL149744 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA · PI POLVERINO, FRANCESCA · 2020 to 2024
$3.4M
Role of MIF and CD74 in the pathogenesis of emphysemaR01HL155948 · NHLBI · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI BUCALA, RICHARD J, SAULER, MAOR · 2021 to 2025
$3.4M
MIF and DNA repair in the emphysematous lungK08HL135402 · NHLBI · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI SAULER, MAOR · 2017 to 2021
$842k
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR001863NHLBI NIH HHS K08 HL135402NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL132523NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL139617NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL142769NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL149744NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL155948NHLBI NIH HHS U01 HL089856NHLBI NIH HHS U01 HL089897NIEHS NIH HHS P50 ES018176NIEHS NIH HHS T32 ES007091NIMHD NIH HHS P50 MD010431
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

AgedAged, 80 and overAnimalsBiomarkersCigarette SmokingDisease ProgressionFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansMaleMetforminMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMiddle AgedProtective AgentsPulmonary Disease, Chronic ObstructiveBiomarkersMetforminProtective Agentsagingchronic obstructive pulmonary diseasecigarette smokecomorbiditiesmetformin

Identifiers

PMID34033525
PMCPMC8521702

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