ReviewCells2023
The Vagal Nerve, Inflammation, and Diabetes-A Holy Triangle.
Review in Cells, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.
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.
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.
Who cites it
18 citing papers in PubMed.
- Gut microbiome and metabolic health: mechanisms and precision interventions.Gut microbes · 2026Review
- Potentially Toxic Elements-mediated Toxicity on Vagus Nerve and Cellular Energy Expenditure in Noncommunicable Diseases: A Systematic Review and Evidence Map.Biological trace element research · 2026Review
- Implantation of a passive electrical neurostimulation device achieves inflammatory modulation in rodents.Communications biology · 2026Article
- Relationships Between Adiposity Measures and Heart Rate Variability in Children and Adolescents.Pediatric cardiology · 2026Article
- A Review of Vagus Nerve Stimulation for Disease: Comprehensive Theory and Evidence for Mechanisms of Action.Comprehensive physiology · 2026Review
- Role of Gut Microbiota in Bridging Vitamin D Deficiency and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Pathogenesis.Microorganisms · 2026Review
- Heart Rate Variability, Microvascular Dysfunction, and Inflammation: Exploring the Potential of taVNS in Managing Heart Failure in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.Biomolecules · 2025Review
- Interleukin-6 related signaling pathways as the intersection between chronic diseases and sepsis.Molecular medicine (Cambridge, Mass.) · 2025Review
- Combined minimally invasive vagal cranial nerve and trigeminocervical complex peripheral nerve stimulation produces prolonged improvement of severe painful peripheral neuropathy and hyperglycemia in type 2 diabetes.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2025Article
- Relationship between heart rate variability and inflammation induced by physical exercise in a sedentary healthy population.Frontiers in physiology · 2025Article
- Application of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation in monitored anesthesia care during foraminoscopy: a randomized double-blind controlled trial.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
- Applying auricular magnetic therapy to decrease blood glucose levels and promote the healing of gangrene in diabetes patients: a case report.Journal of medical case reports · 2024Article
- Transcutaneous Non-Invasive Vagus Nerve Stimulation: Changing the Paradigm for Stroke and Atrial Fibrillation Therapies?Biomolecules · 2024Review
- Remodeling of the Intracardiac Ganglia During the Development of Cardiovascular Autonomic Dysfunction in Type 2 Diabetes: Molecular Mechanisms and Therapeutics.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Review
- Preoperative vagal activity predicts clinical outcomes after total knee replacement.Experimental and therapeutic medicine · 2024Article
- Systemic immune inflammation index and all-cause mortality in chronic kidney disease: A prospective cohort study.Immunity, inflammation and disease · 2024Article
- Review
- Non-invasive vagus nerve stimulation in anti-inflammatory therapy: mechanistic insights and future perspectives.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2024Review
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
2 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Type 2 diabetic mellitus (T2DM) is a common chronic disease and a substantial risk factor of other fatal illnesses. At its core is insulin resistance, where chronic low-level inflammation is among its main causes. Thus, it is crucial to modulate this inflammation. This review paper provides scientific neuroimmunological evidence on the protective roles of the vagal nerve in T2DM. First, the vagus inhibits inflammation in a reflexive manner via neuroendocrine and neuroimmunological routes. This may also occur at the level of brain networks. Second, studies have shown that vagal activity, as indexed by heart-rate variability (HRV), is inversely related to diabetes and that low HRV is a predictor of T2DM. Finally, some emerging evidence shows that vagal nerve activation may reduce biomarkers and processes related to diabetes. Future randomized controlled trials are needed to test the effects of vagal nerve activation on T2DM and its underlying anti-inflammatory mechanisms.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
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.