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ArticleFrontiers in pharmacology2021

Saikosaponin A, a Triterpene Saponin, Suppresses Angiogenesis and Tumor Growth by Blocking VEGFR2-Mediated Signaling Pathway.

Pan Zhang, Xing Lai, Mao-Hua Zhu, Mei Long, Xue-Liang Liu, Zi-Xiang Wang, Yifan Zhang, Run-Jie Guo, Jing Dong, Qin Lu and 3 more

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Article in Frontiers in pharmacology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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11citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 22 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Pan ZhangDepartment of Pharmacy, Shanghai University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Shanghai, China.
Xing LaiTongren Hospital and State Key Laboratory of Oncogenes and Related Genes, Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, Hongqiao International Institute of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine (SJTU-SM), Shanghai, China.
Mao-Hua ZhuTongren Hospital and State Key Laboratory of Oncogenes and Related Genes, Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, Hongqiao International Institute of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine (SJTU-SM), Shanghai, China.
Mei LongTongren Hospital and State Key Laboratory of Oncogenes and Related Genes, Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, Hongqiao International Institute of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine (SJTU-SM), Shanghai, China.
Xue-Liang LiuTongren Hospital and State Key Laboratory of Oncogenes and Related Genes, Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, Hongqiao International Institute of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine (SJTU-SM), Shanghai, China.
Zi-Xiang WangDepartment of Pharmacy, Shanghai University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Shanghai, China.
Yifan ZhangDepartment of Pharmacy, Shanghai University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Shanghai, China.
Run-Jie GuoGraduate School, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Jing DongTongren Hospital and State Key Laboratory of Oncogenes and Related Genes, Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, Hongqiao International Institute of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine (SJTU-SM), Shanghai, China.
Qin LuTongren Hospital and State Key Laboratory of Oncogenes and Related Genes, Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, Hongqiao International Institute of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine (SJTU-SM), Shanghai, China.
Peng SunDepartment of General Surgery, Tongren Hospital, SJTU-SM, Shanghai, China.
Chao FangTongren Hospital and State Key Laboratory of Oncogenes and Related Genes, Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, Hongqiao International Institute of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine (SJTU-SM), Shanghai, China.
Mei ZhaoDepartment of Pharmacy, Shanghai University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Shanghai, China.
Tongren Hospital · CNShanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine · CNShanghai University of Medicine and Health Sciences · CNShanghai Jiao Tong University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Saikosaponin A (SSA), a main triterpenoid saponin component from

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angiogenesiscancer therapychick embryo chorioallantoic membranesaikosaponin AVEGFR2

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PMID34776948
PMCPMC8588445
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