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ArticleActa pharmaceutica Sinica. B2024

A medium chain fatty acid, 6-hydroxyhexanoic acid (6-HHA), protects against obesity and insulin resistance.

Sara C Sebag, Meihua Hao, Qingwen Qian, Chawin Upara, Qiong Ding, Min Zhu, Jeffrey A Banas, Huojun Cao, Liu Hong, Ling Yang

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Article in Acta pharmaceutica Sinica. B, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
9citing papers in PubMed
5.6field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sara C SebagDepartment of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA.
Meihua HaoDepartment of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA.
Qingwen QianDepartment of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA.
Chawin UparaIowa Institute for Oral Health Research, University of Iowa College of Dentistry, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA.
Qiong DingIowa Institute for Oral Health Research, University of Iowa College of Dentistry, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA.
Min ZhuIowa Institute for Oral Health Research, University of Iowa College of Dentistry, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA.
Jeffrey A BanasIowa Institute for Oral Health Research, University of Iowa College of Dentistry, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA.
Huojun CaoIowa Institute for Oral Health Research, University of Iowa College of Dentistry, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA.
Liu HongIowa Institute for Oral Health Research, University of Iowa College of Dentistry, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA.
Ling YangDepartment of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA.
University of Iowa · US

Funding

Vector Core-Core 2P30DK054759 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI Amy Leanne Ryan · 1998 to 2026
$30.5M
University of Iowa Institutional Training Program in Oral Health ResearchT90DE023520 · NIDCR · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI STEVEN M. LEVY · 2013 to 2026
$5.6M
Role of ADH5 in the Regulation of Brown Adipose Tissue Metabolic HomeostasisR01DK126817 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI YANG, LING · 2022 to 2025
$2.0M
Integration of Inflammatory Signaling and the Unfolded Protein Response by Nitrosylation Signaling in ObesityR01DK108835 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI YANG, LING · 2018 to 2022
$1.9M
NIDCR NIH HHS T90 DE023520NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK054759NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK108835NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK126817
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

6-Hydroxyhexanoic acidAdipose lipolysisInsulin resistanceObesity

Identifiers

PMID38572116
PMCPMC10985024
OpenAlexW4390675214

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