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ArticleFrontiers in pharmacology2023

Licorice extract inhibits the cGAS-STING pathway and protects against non-alcoholic steatohepatitis.

Wei Luo, Guang Xu, Zheng Song, Wenqing Mu, Jincai Wen, Siwen Hui, Jia Zhao, Xiaoyan Zhan, Zhaofang Bai, Xiaohe Xiao

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Article in Frontiers in pharmacology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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18citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
7.6field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 31 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

10 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Wei LuoSchool of Pharmacy, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China.
Guang XuDepartment of Hepatology, The Fifth Medical Center of PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China.
Zheng SongPeking University 302 Clinical Medical School, Beijing, China.
Wenqing MuSchool of Pharmacy, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China.
Jincai WenDepartment of Hepatology, The Fifth Medical Center of PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China.
Siwen HuiDepartment of Hepatology, The Fifth Medical Center of PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China.
Jia ZhaoSchool of Pharmacy, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China.
Xiaoyan ZhanDepartment of Hepatology, The Fifth Medical Center of PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China.
Zhaofang BaiDepartment of Hepatology, The Fifth Medical Center of PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China.
Xiaohe XiaoSchool of Pharmacy, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China.
Chinese People's Liberation Army · CNChengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine · CNChinese PLA General Hospital · CNPeking University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

anti-fibrosisanti-inflammatorycGAS-STINGlicorice extractnon-alcoholic steatohepatitis

Identifiers

PMID37081966
PMCPMC10111149
OpenAlexW4362558864

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