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ArticleGenes2017

Houttuynia cordata Facilitates Metformin on Ameliorating Insulin Resistance Associated with Gut Microbiota Alteration in OLETF Rats.

Jing-Hua Wang, Shambhunath Bose, Soo-Kyoung Lim, AbuZar Ansari, Young-Won Chin, Han Seok Choi, Hojun Kim

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Article in Genes, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
23citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 16% 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

23 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 35 citations in OpenAlex.

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  13. Frontiers in pharmacology · 2021
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  18. Effects of Metformin on the Gut Microbiota in Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.Diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity : targets and therapy · 2020
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  19. Beneficial Effects ofNutrients · 2019
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  20. Gut Microbiota, a Potential New Target for Chinese Herbal Medicines in Treating Diabetes Mellitus.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2019
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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

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Jing-Hua WangDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine of Korean Medicine, Dongguk University, 814 Siksa, Goyang 10326, Gyeonggi-do, Korea. ewccwang@gmail.com.ORCID 0000-0002-2034-7429
Shambhunath BoseNosQuest, USPACE 1A-1103, Daewang Pangyoro 660, Bundang-gu, Seongnam-si 13494, Gyeonggi-do, Korea. sklim1972@naver.com.
Soo-Kyoung LimDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine of Korean Medicine, Dongguk University, 814 Siksa, Goyang 10326, Gyeonggi-do, Korea. abu.zar.0313@outlook.com.
AbuZar AnsariDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine of Korean Medicine, Dongguk University, 814 Siksa, Goyang 10326, Gyeonggi-do, Korea. shambose@yahoo.com.
Young-Won ChinCollege of Pharmacy, Dongguk University-Seoul, Dongguk-lo 32, Goyang 10326, Gyeonggi-do, Korea. f2744@dongguk.edu.
Han Seok ChoiDepartment of endocrinology, Dongguk University, Dongguk-lo 32, Goyang 10326, Gyeonggi-do, Korea. hschoi402@dumc.or.kr.
Hojun KimDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine of Korean Medicine, Dongguk University, 814 Siksa, Goyang 10326, Gyeonggi-do, Korea. kimklar@gmail.com.
Dongguk University · KRNHN (South Korea) · KR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Metformin and

Indexed as

endotoxingut microbiotaHouttuynia cordatainsulin sensitivityOLETF rat

Identifiers

PMID28937612
PMCPMC5664089
OpenAlexW2760127912

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