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ReviewFrontiers in endocrinology2021

Phytochemicals as Potential Epidrugs in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.

Karina Ramírez-Alarcón, Montserrat Victoriano, Lorena Mardones, Marcelo Villagran, Ahmed Al-Harrasi, Ahmed Al-Rawahi, Natália Cruz-Martins, Javad Sharifi-Rad, Miquel Martorell

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Review in Frontiers in endocrinology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
18citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
4.1field-weighted citation impact, top 5% 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

18 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 43 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

9 authors at 5 institutions in 5 countries.

Karina Ramírez-AlarcónDepartment of Nutrition and Dietetics, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Concepción, Concepción, Chile.
Montserrat VictorianoDepartment of Nutrition and Dietetics, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Concepción, Concepción, Chile.
Lorena MardonesDepartment of Basic Science, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad Catolica de la Santisima Concepcion, Concepción, Chile.
Marcelo VillagranDepartment of Basic Science, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad Catolica de la Santisima Concepcion, Concepción, Chile.
Ahmed Al-HarrasiNatural and Medical Sciences Research Centre, University of Nizwa, Birkat Al Mouz, Oman.
Ahmed Al-RawahiNatural and Medical Sciences Research Centre, University of Nizwa, Birkat Al Mouz, Oman.
Natália Cruz-MartinsFaculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Alameda Prof. Hernâni Monteiro, Porto, Portugal.
Javad Sharifi-RadPhytochemistry Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Miquel MartorellDepartment of Nutrition and Dietetics, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Concepción, Concepción, Chile.
University of Concepción · CLUniversidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción · CLUniversity of Nizwa · OMi3S - Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto · PTUniversidad del Azuay · EC

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Type 2 diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) prevalence has significantly increased worldwide in recent years due to population age, obesity, and modern sedentary lifestyles. The projections estimate that 439 million people will be diabetic in 2030. T2DM is characterized by an impaired β-pancreatic cell function and insulin secretion, hyperglycemia and insulin resistance, and recently the epigenetic regulation of β-pancreatic cells differentiation has been underlined as being involved. It is currently known that several bioactive molecules, widely abundant in plants used as food or infusions, have a key role in histone modification and DNA methylation, and constituted potential epidrugs candidates against T2DM. In this sense, in this review the epigenetic mechanisms involved in T2DM and protein targets are reviewed, with special focus in studies addressing the potential use of phytochemicals as epidrugs that prevent and/or control T2DM

Indexed as

Epigenesis, GeneticInsulin SecretionDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2Gene Expression RegulationHumansHypoglycemic AgentsPhytochemicalsHypoglycemic AgentsPhytochemicalsepidrugepigenetichyperglycemiaphytochemicalsprotein targettype 2 diabetes mellitus

Identifiers

PMID34140928
PMCPMC8204854
OpenAlexW3166698517

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