Evidence map›Paper›PMID 35800437›Full record

ArticleFrontiers in pharmacology2022

Cepharanthine Ameliorates Chondrocytic Inflammation and Osteoarthritis

Minjun Yao, Caihua Zhang, Lingzhi Ni, Xiaoxiao Ji, Jianqiao Hong, Yazhou Chen, Jie Wang, Congsun Li, Jiyan Lin, Tingting Lu and 5 more

Open access · goldAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Frontiers in pharmacology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
15citing papers in PubMed
3.9field-weighted citation impact, top 6% 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

15 citing papers in PubMed, 26 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Programmed cell death in osteoarthritis.Apoptosis : an international journal on programmed cell death · 2026
    Review
  3. Review
  4. Article
  5. Article
  6. Potential Chondroprotective Effect ofInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2025
    Article
  7. Review
  8. Review
  9. Article
  10. Review
  11. Review
  12. Article
  13. Review
  14. Mechanism of HIFs in osteoarthritis.Frontiers in immunology · 2023
    Review
  15. 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

15 authors at 6 institutions in 1 country.

Minjun YaoDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
Caihua ZhangDepartment of Orthopedics, Ningbo First Hospital, Ningbo, China.
Lingzhi NiDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
Xiaoxiao JiDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
Jianqiao HongDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
Yazhou ChenDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
Jie WangDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
Congsun LiDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
Jiyan LinDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
Tingting LuDepartment of Oncology, The First Clinical Medical College of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China.
Yihao ShengDepartment of Orthopedics, Hangzhou Xiaoshan Cha Ting Orthopedic Trauma Hospital, Hangzhou, China.
Menghao SunDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
Mingmin ShiDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
Chenhe ZhouDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
Xunzi CaiDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University · CNZhejiang University Medical College Affiliated Stomatological Hospital · CNNingbo First Hospital · CNThe First People's Hospital of Xiaoshan District, Hangzhou · CNThird People's Hospital of Hangzhou · CNWenzhou Medical University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Osteoarthritis is a worldwide joint disease caused by abnormal chondrocytic metabolism. However, traditional therapeutic methods aimed at anti-inflammation for early-stage disease are palliative. In the present study, we demonstrated that cepharanthine (CEP), extracted from the plant

Indexed as

autophagycepharanthinechondrocytesMAPKNF-κBosteoarthritis

Identifiers

PMID35800437
PMCPMC9253373
OpenAlexW4283216994

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.