Evidence map›Paper›PMID 35178108›Full record

ArticleEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2022

Zhaoyu Li, Dufang Ma, Yongcheng Wang, Sijia Wu, Lin Wang, Yuehua Jiang, Yongjian Zhang, Xiao Li

Open access · hybridAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
8citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 20% 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

8 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
  2. Article
  3. Article
  4. Article
  5. Article
  6. Review
  7. Review
  8. Article
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

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Zhaoyu LiFirst Clinical Medical College, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan 250014, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6275-7469
Dufang MaDepartment of Cardiovascular, Affiliated Hospital of Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan 250011, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1890-1574
Yongcheng WangFirst Clinical Medical College, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan 250014, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7343-4385
Sijia WuCollege of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan 250014, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9284-2157
Lin WangFirst Clinical Medical College, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan 250014, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1219-7632
Yuehua JiangCentral Laboratory, Affiliated Hospital of Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan 250011, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0156-0715
Yongjian ZhangFirst Clinical Medical College, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan 250014, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7337-6450
Xiao LiDepartment of Cardiovascular, Affiliated Hospital of Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan 250011, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2656-5301
Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveImmune imbalance and the inflammatory response are associated with atherosclerosis (AS) progression.

methodsApoE-/- mice were fed a high-fat diet for 12 weeks to establish a model of AS. The ApoE-/- mice were randomly divided into a model group, simvastatin group (Simva),

resultsThe ARCR herb pair significantly reduced blood lipids levels and plaque vulnerability and regulated the levels of inflammatory factors and the number of M1/M2 macrophages and Th1/Th2 cells in ApoE-/- AS mice. It also decreased iNOS and T-bet protein levels and increased the Arg-1 and GATA-3 protein levels. The ARCR herb pair also increased STAT6 phosphorylation. A STAT6 inhibitor attenuated the regulation of M1/M2 and Th1/Th2 markers induced by the ARCR herb pair.

conclusionThe ARCR herb pair regulates blood lipid metabolism and attenuates atherosclerosis via regulation of M1/M2 and Th1/Th2 immune balance, which is achieved partially by increasing STAT6 phosphorylation. Our study provides new evidence for the possible use of ARCR herb pair in the prevention and treatment of AS.

Identifiers

PMID35178108
PMCPMC8843792
OpenAlexW4210835275

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.