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ReviewJournal of diabetes and its complications2021

Role of ceramides in the pathogenesis of diabetes mellitus and its complications.

Nawajes Mandal, Richard Grambergs, Koushik Mondal, Sandip K Basu, Faiza Tahia, Sam Dagogo-Jack

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Review in Journal of diabetes and its complications, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 59 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
59citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
4.6field-weighted citation impact, top 4% 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

59 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 102 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

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Nawajes MandalThe University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Department of Ophthalmology, Memphis, TN 38163, USA.; The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Memphis, TN 38163, USA.. Electronic address: nmandal@uthsc.edu.
Richard GrambergsThe University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Department of Ophthalmology, Memphis, TN 38163, USA.
Koushik MondalThe University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Department of Ophthalmology, Memphis, TN 38163, USA.
Sandip K BasuThe University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Department of Ophthalmology, Memphis, TN 38163, USA.
Faiza TahiaThe University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Department of Ophthalmology, Memphis, TN 38163, USA.; The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Memphis, TN 38163, USA.
Sam Dagogo-JackThe University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Division of Endocrinology, Memphis, TN 38163, USA.; The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Clinical Research Center, Memphis, TN 38163, USA.. Electronic address: sdj@uthsc.edu.
University of Tennessee Health Science Center · US

Funding

Post-DPP Followup StudiesU01DK048411 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCI CTR · PI DAGOGO-JACK, M.D., D.SC., SAMUEL · 1994 to 2022
$9.2M
Pathobiology of Prediabetes in A Bi-Racial CohortR01DK067269 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCI CTR · PI DAGOGO-JACK, M.D., D.SC., SAMUEL · 2006 to 2017
$6.1M
Ceramides and Sphingolipids as Predictors of Incident DysglycemiaR01DK128129 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCI CTR · PI DAGOGO-JACK, M.D., D.SC., SAMUEL, MANDAL, NAWAJES · 2021 to 2024
$2.0M
Sphingolipids and their Impact in Corneal Wound HealingR01EY031316 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCI CTR · PI KARAMICHOS, DIMITRIOS, MANDAL, NAWAJES · 2020 to 2023
$1.8M
Sphingolipid Metabolism and Signaling in the RetinaR01EY022071 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCI CTR · PI MANDAL, NAWAJES · 2012 to 2016
$1.8M
Lipid mediators and their signaling in ocular surface inflammation and meibomian gland dysfunctionI01BX004893 · VA · MIAMI VA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM · PI GALOR, ANAT, MANDAL, NAWAJES · 2021 to 2025
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BLRD VA I01 BX004893NEI NIH HHS R01 EY022071NEI NIH HHS R01 EY031316NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK067269NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK128129NIDDK NIH HHS U01 DK048411
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a systemic metabolic disease that affects 463 million adults worldwide and is a leading cause of cardiovascular disease, blindness, nephropathy, peripheral neuropathy, and lower-limb amputation. Lipids have long been recognized as contributors to the pathogenesis and pathophysiology of DM and its complications, but recent discoveries have highlighted ceramides, a class of bioactive sphingolipids with cell signaling and second messenger capabilities, as particularly important contributors to insulin resistance and the underlying mechanisms of DM complications. Besides their association with insulin resistance and pathophysiology of type 2 diabetes, evidence is emerging that certain species of ceramides are mediators of cellular mechanisms involved in the initiation and progression of microvascular and macrovascular complications of DM. Advances in our understanding of these associations provide unique opportunities for exploring ceramide species as potential novel therapeutic targets and biomarkers. This review discusses the links between ceramides and the pathogenesis of DM and diabetic complications and identifies opportunities for novel discoveries and applications.

Indexed as

Diabetes ComplicationsDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2Insulin ResistanceCeramidesHumansCeramidesAdiponectinCeramidesDiabetesDiabetes complicationsDiabeticDiabetic vasculopathynephropathySphingolipids

Identifiers

PMID33268241
PMCPMC8663915
OpenAlexW3087756875

What Socratic holds

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Registered trials

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