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ReviewFrontiers in psychiatry2022

Biology of cyclooxygenase-2: An application in depression therapeutics.

Ying He, Yuanshan Han, Xiaolin Liao, Manshu Zou, Yuhong Wang

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Review in Frontiers in psychiatry, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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20citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
2.0field-weighted citation impact, top 13% 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

20 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 31 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

5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Ying HeInstitute of Innovation and Applied Research in Chinese Medicine, Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, Changsha, China.
Yuanshan HanDepartment of Scientific Research, The First Hospital of Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, Changsha, China.
Xiaolin LiaoInstitute of Innovation and Applied Research in Chinese Medicine, Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, Changsha, China.
Manshu ZouInstitute of Innovation and Applied Research in Chinese Medicine, Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, Changsha, China.
Yuhong WangInstitute of Innovation and Applied Research in Chinese Medicine, Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, Changsha, China.
Hunan University · CNHunan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine · CNFirst Affiliated Hospital of Hunan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Depressive Disorder is a common mood disorder or affective disorder that is dominated by depressed mood. It is characterized by a high incidence and recurrence. The onset of depression is related to genetic, biological and psychosocial factors. However, the pathogenesis is still unclear. In recent years, there has been an increasing amount of research on the inflammatory hypothesis of depression, in which cyclo-oxygen-ase 2 (COX-2), a pro-inflammatory cytokine, is closely associated with depression. A variety of chemical drugs and natural products have been found to exert therapeutic effects by modulating COX-2 levels. This paper summarizes the relationship between COX-2 and depression in terms of neuroinflammation, intestinal flora, neurotransmitters, HPA axis, mitochondrial dysfunction and hippocampal neuronal damage, which can provide a reference for further preventive control, clinical treatment and scientific research on depression.

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COX-2COX-2 inhibitorsdepressionmechanism of actionpro-inflammatory cytokines

Identifiers

PMID36440427
PMCPMC9684729
OpenAlexW4308867397

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