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ArticleFrontiers in medicine2021

Role of Galectins in the Liver Diseases: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Yang An, Shixue Xu, Yiting Liu, Xiangbo Xu, Cyriac Abby Philips, Jiang Chen, Nahum Méndez-Sánchez, Xiaozhong Guo, Xingshun Qi

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Article in Frontiers in medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
29citing papers in PubMed
2.6field-weighted citation impact, top 9% 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, 49 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
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  3. The Role of Galectin-3 in Liver Inflammation and Fibrosis.Journal of inflammation research · 2026
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  6. Galectin-9-An Emerging Glyco-Immune Checkpoint Target for Cancer Therapy.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
    Review
  7. Review
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  9. Current and novel biomarkers in cardiogenic shock.European journal of heart failure · 2025
    Review
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  11. Galectins and Liver Diseases.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
    Review
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  15. Circulating Galectin-3: A Prognostic Biomarker in Hepatocellular Carcinoma.Journal of immunotherapy and precision oncology · 2024
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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 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Yang AnMeta-Analysis Study Group, Department of Gastroenterology, General Hospital of Northern Theater Command, Shenyang, China.
Shixue XuMeta-Analysis Study Group, Department of Gastroenterology, General Hospital of Northern Theater Command, Shenyang, China.
Yiting LiuMeta-Analysis Study Group, Department of Gastroenterology, General Hospital of Northern Theater Command, Shenyang, China.
Xiangbo XuMeta-Analysis Study Group, Department of Gastroenterology, General Hospital of Northern Theater Command, Shenyang, China.
Cyriac Abby PhilipsThe Liver Unit and Monarch Liver Laboratory, Cochin Gastroenterology Group, Ernakulam Medical Center, Kochi, India.
Jiang ChenMeta-Analysis Study Group, Department of Gastroenterology, General Hospital of Northern Theater Command, Shenyang, China.
Nahum Méndez-SánchezLiver Research Unit Medica Sur Clinic and Foundation and Faculty of Medicine, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico.
Xiaozhong GuoMeta-Analysis Study Group, Department of Gastroenterology, General Hospital of Northern Theater Command, Shenyang, China.
Xingshun QiMeta-Analysis Study Group, Department of Gastroenterology, General Hospital of Northern Theater Command, Shenyang, China.
General Hospital of Shenyang Military Region · CNShenyang Pharmaceutical University · CNGeneral Hospital Ernakulam · INHospital Médica Sur · MX

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

cirrhosisfibrosisgalectinshepatitishepatocellular carcinoma

Identifiers

PMID34778306
PMCPMC8578830
OpenAlexW3209057292

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