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ArticleAging2021

Oral administration of berberine represses macrophage activation-associated benign prostatic hyperplasia: a pivotal involvement of the NF-κB.

Bo-Ram Jin, Hyo-Jin An

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Article in Aging, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 27% 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

6 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. An Updated and Comprehensive Review ofMolecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
    Review
  2. Berberine Extends Lifespan inAntioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
    Article
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Bo-Ram JinDepartment of Pharmacology, College of Korean Medicine, Sangji University, Wonju-si, Gangwon-do 26339, Republic of Korea.
Hyo-Jin AnDepartment of Pharmacology, College of Korean Medicine, Sangji University, Wonju-si, Gangwon-do 26339, Republic of Korea.
Sangji University · KR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) is one of the most common chronic diseases in men over the age of 50. Clinical studies have suggested that chronic inflammation is associated with BPH pathoprogression. Berberine (BB) is a natural compound found in

Indexed as

Administration, OralAnimalsBerberineBerberisCoptis chinensisHumansMacrophage ActivationMacrophagesMaleNF-kappa BPlant ExtractsProstatic HyperplasiaRatsRats, Sprague-DawleyBerberineNF-kappa BPlant Extractsbenign prostatic hyperplasiaberberineinflammationmacrophageproliferation

Identifiers

PMID34411001
PMCPMC8436894
OpenAlexW3194519572

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