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ReviewLife (Basel, Switzerland)2021

Role of Biomarkers in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Inflammatory Bowel Disease.

Kohei Wagatsuma, Yoshihiro Yokoyama, Hiroshi Nakase

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Review in Life (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
33citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
5.5field-weighted citation impact, top 4% 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

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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

33 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 45 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

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Kohei WagatsumaDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Minami 1-jo Nishi 16-chome, Chuo-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-8543, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-6774-7868
Yoshihiro YokoyamaDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Minami 1-jo Nishi 16-chome, Chuo-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-8543, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-2434-1048
Hiroshi NakaseDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Minami 1-jo Nishi 16-chome, Chuo-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-8543, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-2848-6586
Sapporo Medical University · JP

Funding

Health and Labor Sciences Research Grants for research on intractable diseases from the Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare of Japan Investigation and Research for intractable Inflammatory Bowel DiseaseJapan Society for the Promotion of Science 18H02799 to H.N.Japan Society for the Promotion of Science 20K16994 to K.W.
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The number of patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is increasing worldwide. Endoscopy is the gold standard to assess the condition of IBD. The problem with this procedure is that the burden and cost on the patient are high. Therefore, the identification of a reliable biomarker to replace endoscopy is desired. Biomarkers are used in various situations such as diagnosis of IBD, evaluation of disease activity, prediction of therapeutic effect, and prediction of relapse. C-reactive protein and fecal calprotectin have a lot of evidence as objective biomarkers of disease activity in IBD. The usefulness of the fecal immunochemical test, serum leucine-rich glycoprotein, and urinary prostaglandin E major metabolite have also been reported. Herein, we comprehensively review the usefulness and limitations of biomarkers that can be used in daily clinical practice regarding IBD. To date, no biomarker is sufficiently accurate to replace endoscopy; however, it is important to understand the characteristics of each biomarker and use the appropriate biomarker at the right time in daily clinical practice.

Indexed as

C-reactive proteinCrohn’s diseasefecal calprotectinfecal immunochemical testinflammatory bowel diseaseleucine-rich glycoproteinmucosal healingprostaglandin E-major urinary metaboliteulcerative colitis

Identifiers

PMID34947906
PMCPMC8707558
OpenAlexW4200442660

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