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SynthesisFrontiers in physiology2022

Prognostic role of elevated VEGF in sepsis: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

A-Ling Tang, Yu Peng, Mei-Jia Shen, Xiao-Yu Liu, Shan Li, Meng-Chen Xiong, Nan Gao, Tian-Peng Hu, Guo-Qiang Zhang

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Synthesis in Frontiers in physiology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
18citing papers in PubMed
3.1field-weighted citation impact, top 8% 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

18 citing papers in PubMed, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. From Glycocalyx Shedding to Microvascular Collapse in Sepsis: Endothelial Pathophysiology, Organ Dysfunction, and Mechanistic Biomarkers.Pathophysiology : the official journal of the International Society for Pathophysiology · 2026
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  6. The Dual Role of Natural Killer Cells in the Septic Liver.Journal of inflammation research · 2026
    Review
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  11. Identification of key genes and development of an identifying machine learning model for sepsis.Inflammation research : official journal of the European Histamine Research Society ... [et al.] · 2025
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  16. Prognostic Value of HIF-1α-Induced Genes in Sepsis/Septic Shock.Medical sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023
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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

9 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

A-Ling TangGraduate School, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China.
Yu PengGraduate School, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China.
Mei-Jia ShenDepartment of Emergency, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, China.
Xiao-Yu LiuDepartment of Emergency, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, China.
Shan LiGraduate School, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China.
Meng-Chen XiongGraduate School, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China.
Nan GaoDepartment of Emergency, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, China.
Tian-Peng HuDepartment of Emergency, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, China.
Guo-Qiang ZhangDepartment of Emergency, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, China.
China-Japan Friendship Hospital · CNBeijing University of Chinese Medicine · CNChinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College · CNPeking Union Medical College Hospital · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

meta-analysisprognosticsepsissystematic reviewVEGF

Identifiers

PMID35936894
PMCPMC9355294
OpenAlexW4286559802

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