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ArticleNature2021

A hormone complex of FABP4 and nucleoside kinases regulates islet function.

Kacey J Prentice, Jani Saksi, Lauren T Robertson, Grace Y Lee, Karen E Inouye, Kosei Eguchi, Alexandra Lee, Ozgur Cakici, Emily Otterbeck, Paulina Cedillo and 5 more

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Article in Nature, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 54 papers.

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54citing papers in PubMed
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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

54 citing papers in PubMed.

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  19. Metabolic Roles of Fatty Acid Binding Protein 4 (FABP4) in Fetal and Maternal Health and Maintenance of Pregnancy in Women with Obesity: A Review.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2025
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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

15 authors.

Kacey J PrenticeSabri Ülker Center for Metabolic Research, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Department of Molecular Metabolism, Boston, MA, USA.
Jani SaksiSabri Ülker Center for Metabolic Research, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Department of Molecular Metabolism, Boston, MA, USA.
Lauren T RobertsonSabri Ülker Center for Metabolic Research, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Department of Molecular Metabolism, Boston, MA, USA.
Grace Y LeeSabri Ülker Center for Metabolic Research, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Department of Molecular Metabolism, Boston, MA, USA.
Karen E InouyeSabri Ülker Center for Metabolic Research, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Department of Molecular Metabolism, Boston, MA, USA.
Kosei EguchiSabri Ülker Center for Metabolic Research, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Department of Molecular Metabolism, Boston, MA, USA.
Alexandra LeeSabri Ülker Center for Metabolic Research, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Department of Molecular Metabolism, Boston, MA, USA.
Ozgur CakiciSabri Ülker Center for Metabolic Research, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Department of Molecular Metabolism, Boston, MA, USA.
Emily OtterbeckSabri Ülker Center for Metabolic Research, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Department of Molecular Metabolism, Boston, MA, USA.
Paulina CedilloSabri Ülker Center for Metabolic Research, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Department of Molecular Metabolism, Boston, MA, USA.
Peter AchenbachInstitute of Diabetes Research, Helmholtz Zentrum Munchen, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Munich-Neuherberg, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6720-2684
Anette-Gabriele ZieglerInstitute of Diabetes Research, Helmholtz Zentrum Munchen, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Munich-Neuherberg, Germany.
Ediz S CalaySabri Ülker Center for Metabolic Research, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Department of Molecular Metabolism, Boston, MA, USA.
Feyza EnginSabri Ülker Center for Metabolic Research, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Department of Molecular Metabolism, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7987-5381
Gökhan S HotamisligilSabri Ülker Center for Metabolic Research, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Department of Molecular Metabolism, Boston, MA, USA. ghotamis@hsph.harvard.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2906-1897

Funding

Role of Adipokine FABP4 in Glucoregulation and Counter Regulatory ResponsesR01DK123458 · NIDDK · HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH · PI HOTAMISLIGIL, GOKHAN S · 2020 to 2023
$2.0M
Beta cell endoplasmic reticulum stress and its crosstalk with immune system in tyK01DK102488 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI ENGIN, FEYZA · 2014 to 2016
$356k
NIDDK NIH HHS K01 DK102488NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK123458
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The liberation of energy stores from adipocytes is critical to support survival in times of energy deficit; however, uncontrolled or chronic lipolysis associated with insulin resistance and/or insulin insufficiency disrupts metabolic homeostasis

Indexed as

Fatty Acid-Binding ProteinsIslets of LangerhansPhosphotransferasesAdipocytesDiabetes MellitusHumansInsulinLipolysisNucleosidesFABP4 protein, humanFatty Acid-Binding ProteinsInsulinnucleoside phosphotransferaseNucleosidesPhosphotransferases

Identifiers

PMID34880500
PMCPMC8983123

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