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ReviewMolecular and cellular biochemistry2021

Vitamin C for sepsis intervention: from redox biochemistry to clinical medicine.

Y Robert Li, Hong Zhu

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Review in Molecular and cellular biochemistry, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
10citing papers in PubMed
2.3field-weighted citation impact, top 13% 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

10 citing papers in PubMed, 26 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

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Y Robert LiDepartment of Pharmacology, Jerry Wallace School of Osteopathic Medicine, Campbell University, Buies Creek, NC, 27506, USA. yli@campbell.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2458-8921
Hong ZhuDepartment of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Jerry Wallace School of Osteopathic Medicine, Campbell University, Buies Creek, NC, 27506, USA.
Campbell University · US

Funding

Activating Multiorgan Antioxidative Gene Network for Treating SepsisR15GM124652 · NIGMS · CAMPBELL UNIVERSITY · PI ZHU, HONG · 2018 to 2018
$447k
NHGRI NIH HHS GM124652NIGMS NIH HHS R15 GM124652
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Vitamin C, also known as ascorbic acid or ascorbate, is a water-soluble vitamin synthesized in plants as well as in animals except humans and several other animal species. Humans obtain vitamin C from dietary sources and via vitamin supplementation. Vitamin C possesses important biological functions, including serving as a cofactor for many enzymes, acting as an antioxidant and anti-inflammatory compound, and participating in regulating stem cell biology and epigenetics. The multifunctional nature of vitamin C contributes to its essentialness in maintaining and safeguarding physiological homeostasis, especially regulation of immunity and inflammatory responses. In this context, vitamin C has been investigated for its efficacy in treating diverse inflammatory disorders, including sepsis, one of the major causes of death globally and for which currently there is no cure. Accordingly, this Mini-Review surveys recent major research findings on the effectiveness of vitamin C and the underling molecular mechanisms in sepsis intervention in both experimental animal models and randomized controlled trials. To set a stage for discussing the effects and mechanisms of vitamin C in sepsis intervention, this Mini-Review begins with an overview of vitamin C redox biochemistry and its multifunctional properties.

Indexed as

AnimalsAnti-Inflammatory AgentsAntioxidantsAscorbic AcidClinical Trials as TopicHumansOxidation-ReductionSepsisAnti-Inflammatory AgentsAntioxidantsAscorbic AcidAscorbic acidInflammationMitochondriaOxidative stressRandomized controlled trialRedox homeostasisSepsisSeptic shockVitamin C

Identifiers

PMID34478032
PMCPMC8413356
OpenAlexW3196492758

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