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ArticleNature metabolism2024

Identification and characterization of human GDF15 knockouts.

Allan M Gurtan, Shareef Khalid, Christopher Koch, Maleeha Zaman Khan, Lindsey B Lamarche, Igor Splawski, Elizabeth Dolan, Ana M Carrion, Richard Zessis, Matthew E Clement and 27 more

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Article in Nature metabolism, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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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

14 citing papers in PubMed.

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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

37 authors.

Allan M Gurtan *Biomedical Research at Novartis, Boston, MA, USA. allan.gurtan@novartis.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1701-7821
Shareef Khalid *Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.
Christopher Koch *Biomedical Research at Novartis, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0006-1293-2333
Maleeha Zaman KhanCenter for Non-Communicable Diseases, Karachi, Pakistan.
Lindsey B LamarcheBiomedical Research at Novartis, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7200-3150
Igor SplawskiBiomedical Research at Novartis, Boston, MA, USA.
Elizabeth DolanBiomedical Research at Novartis, Boston, MA, USA.
Ana M CarrionBiomedical Research at Novartis, Boston, MA, USA.
Richard ZessisBiomedical Research at Novartis, Boston, MA, USA.
Matthew E ClementBiomedical Research at Novartis, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0004-1805-1452
Zhiping ChenBiomedical Research at Novartis, Boston, MA, USA.
Loren D LindsleyBiomedical Research at Novartis, Boston, MA, USA.
Yu-Hsin ChiuBiomedical Research at Novartis, Boston, MA, USA.
Ryan S StreeperBiomedical Research at Novartis, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0007-3429-988X
Daniel P DenningBiomedical Research at Novartis, Boston, MA, USA.
Allison B GoldfineBiomedical Research at Novartis, Boston, MA, USA.
Brian DoyonBiomedical Research at Novartis, Boston, MA, USA.
Ali AbbasiCentre for Genomics Research, Discovery Sciences, AstraZeneca, Cambridge, UK.
Jennifer L HarrowCentre for Genomics Research, Discovery Sciences, AstraZeneca, Cambridge, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0338-3070
Kazuhisa TsunoyamaAstellas Pharma Inc., Ibaraki, Japan.
Makoto AsaumiAstellas Pharma Inc., Ibaraki, Japan.
Ikuyo KouAstellas Pharma Inc., Ibaraki, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0005-2442-9965
Alan R ShuldinerRegeneron Genetics Center, LLC, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc., New York, NY, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9921-4305
Juan L Rodriguez-FloresRegeneron Genetics Center, LLC, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc., New York, NY, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0394-8062
Asif RasheedCenter for Non-Communicable Diseases, Karachi, Pakistan.
Muhammad JahanzaibCenter for Non-Communicable Diseases, Karachi, Pakistan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5101-8564
Muhammad Rehan MianCenter for Non-Communicable Diseases, Karachi, Pakistan.
Muhammad Bilal LiaqatCenter for Non-Communicable Diseases, Karachi, Pakistan.
Syed Shahzaib RazaCenter for Non-Communicable Diseases, Karachi, Pakistan.
Riffat SultanaKarachi Institute of Heart Diseases, Karachi, Pakistan.
Anjum JalalPunjab Institute of Cardiology, Lahore, Pakistan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9448-811X
Muhammad Hamid SaeedFaisalabad Institute of Cardiology, Faisalabad, Pakistan.
Shahid AbbasFaisalabad Institute of Cardiology, Faisalabad, Pakistan.
Fazal Rehman MemonRed Crescent Institute of Cardiology, Hyderabad, Pakistan.
Mohammad IshaqKarachi Institute of Heart Diseases, Karachi, Pakistan.
John E Dominy *Biomedical Research at Novartis, Boston, MA, USA. john.dominy@novartis.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7137-0672
Danish Saleheen *Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA. ds3792@cumc.columbia.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6193-020X

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Growth differentiation factor 15 (GDF15) is a secreted protein that regulates food intake, body weight and stress responses in pre-clinical models

Indexed as

Growth Differentiation Factor 15AdultAgedFemaleHomozygoteHumansLoss of Function MutationMaleMiddle AgedPhenotypePregnancyGDF15 protein, humanGrowth Differentiation Factor 15

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