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ArticleInternational journal of biological sciences2020

Vitamin A deficiency causes islet dysfunction by inducing islet stellate cell activation via cellular retinol binding protein 1.

Yunting Zhou, Junming Zhou, Bo Sun, Wei Xu, Ming Zhong, Yumin Li, Cong He, Yang Chen, Xiaohang Wang, Peter M Jones and 1 more

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Article in International journal of biological sciences, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
25citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
4.5field-weighted citation impact, top 5% 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

25 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 35 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

11 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Yunting ZhouDepartment of Endocrinology, Zhongda Hospital, Institute of Diabetes, School of Medicine, Southeast University, Nanjing, China.
Junming ZhouDepartment of Gastroenterology, Jinling Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing, China.
Bo SunState Key Laboratory of Bioelectronics, School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, China.
Wei XuDepartment of Diabetes, School of Life Course Sciences, King's College London, Guy's Campus, London, UK.
Ming ZhongDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Medicine, Southeast University, Nanjing, China.
Yumin LiState Key Laboratory of Bioelectronics, School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, China.
Cong HeState Key Laboratory of Bioelectronics, School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, China.
Yang ChenDepartment of Endocrinology, Zhongda Hospital, Institute of Diabetes, School of Medicine, Southeast University, Nanjing, China.
Xiaohang WangDepartment of Endocrinology, Zhongda Hospital, Institute of Diabetes, School of Medicine, Southeast University, Nanjing, China.
Peter M JonesDepartment of Diabetes, School of Life Course Sciences, King's College London, Guy's Campus, London, UK.
Zilin SunDepartment of Endocrinology, Zhongda Hospital, Institute of Diabetes, School of Medicine, Southeast University, Nanjing, China.
Zhongda Hospital Southeast University · CNKing's College London · GBSoutheast University · CNState Key Laboratory of Digital Medical EngineeringNanjing General Hospital of Nanjing Military Command · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

AnimalsApoptosisBlotting, WesternCell ProliferationCells, CulturedCell SurvivalChromatography, High Pressure LiquidDisease Models, AnimalEnzyme-Linked Immunosorbent AssayFluorescent Antibody TechniqueGlucose Tolerance TestImmunohistochemistryIslets of LangerhansMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLRetinol-Binding Proteins, CellularactivationCRBP1islet stellate cellvitamin Aβ cell

Identifiers

PMID32140064
PMCPMC7053333
OpenAlexW3006612802

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Registered trials

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