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ReviewJournal of clinical medicine2022

Chronic Inflammation in Obesity and Cancer Cachexia.

Rosa Divella, Gennaro Gadaleta Caldarola, Antonio Mazzocca

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Review in Journal of clinical medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
17citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
4.1field-weighted citation impact, top 5% 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

17 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 26 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Cancer-Associated Cachexia in the Era of Obesity.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  10. Metabolic underpinnings of cancer-related fatigue.American journal of physiology. Endocrinology and metabolism · 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

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Rosa DivellaASD Nordic Walking Apulia Lifestyle, Corso Giuseppe Di Vittorio 14, 70024 Gravina in Puglia, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-2314-937X
Gennaro Gadaleta CaldarolaMedical Oncology Unit, "Mons. R. Dimiccoli" Hospital, Viale Ippocrate 15, 70051 Barletta, Italy.
Antonio MazzoccaInterdisciplinary Department of Medicine, University of Bari School of Medicine, Piazza G. Cesare, 11, 70124 Bari, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-0940-7352
University of Bari Aldo Moro · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chronic inflammation has long been linked to obesity and related conditions such as type 2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome. According to current research, the increased risk of cancer in people with certain metabolic diseases may be due to chronic inflammation. Adipocytokines, which are pro-inflammatory cytokines secreted in excess, are elevated in many chronic metabolic diseases. Cytokines and inflammatory mediators, which are not directly linked to DNA, are important in tumorigenesis. Cachexia, a type of metabolic syndrome linked to the disease, is associated with a dysregulation of metabolic pathways. Obesity and cachexia have distinct metabolic characteristics, such as insulin resistance, increased lipolysis, elevated free fatty acids (FFA), and ceramide levels, which are discussed in this section. The goal of this research project is to create a framework for bringing together our knowledge of inflammation-mediated insulin resistance.

Indexed as

cachexiachronic inflammationobesity

Identifiers

PMID35456284
PMCPMC9027625
OpenAlexW4224003458

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