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ArticleBioengineered2021

Formononetin protects against ox-LDL-induced endothelial dysfunction by activating PPAR-γ signaling based on network pharmacology and experimental validation.

Baohua Zhang, Zhongwei Hao, Wenli Zhou, Shan Zhang, Mingyan Sun, Honglei Li, Naijing Hou, Cui Jing, Mingxing Zhao

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Article in Bioengineered, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
29citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.3field-weighted citation impact, top 7% 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

29 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 53 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 2 institutions in 1 country.

Baohua ZhangDepartment of Health Care, The Second Medical Centre, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China.
Zhongwei HaoDepartment of Cardiovascular Medicine, No. 906 Hospital of PLA, Ningbo, China.
Wenli ZhouDepartment of Cardiology, The Second Medical Centre, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China.
Shan ZhangDepartment of Fuxing Road Outpatient, Jingnan Medical District, Chinese PLA General Hospital Beijing, Beijing, China.
Mingyan SunDepartment of Health Care, The Second Medical Centre, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China.
Honglei LiDepartment of Fuxing Road Outpatient, Jingnan Medical District, Chinese PLA General Hospital Beijing, Beijing, China.
Naijing HouDepartment of Health Care, The Second Medical Centre, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China.
Cui JingDepartment of Health Care, The Second Medical Centre, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China.
Mingxing ZhaoDepartment of Health Care, The Second Medical Centre, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China.ORCID 0000-0002-6976-4688
Chinese PLA General Hospital · CNPLA 306 Hospital · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Formononetin (FMNT), a flavonoid identified from the Chinese herb

Indexed as

AntioxidantsApoptosisAtherosclerosisCells, CulturedHumansHuman Umbilical Vein Endothelial CellsInflammationIsoflavonesLipoproteins, LDLNetwork PharmacologyOxidative StressPPAR gammaProtein Interaction MapsSignal TransductionAntioxidantsformononetinIsoflavonesLipoproteins, LDLoxidized low density lipoproteinPPAR gammaatherosclerosisformononetininflammationNetwork pharmacologyoxidative stressPPAR-γ

Identifiers

PMID34369277
PMCPMC8806800
OpenAlexW3191200351

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Registered trials

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