Evidence map›Paper›PMID 33519473›Full record

ArticleFrontiers in pharmacology2020

Dissecting Efficacy and Metabolic Characteristic Mechanism of

Lei Ren, Hao-Nan Guo, Jun Yang, Xiao-Ying Guo, Ye-Sheng Wei, Zhao Yang

Open access · goldAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Frontiers in pharmacology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
9citing papers in PubMed
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 18% 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

9 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Anthraquinones fromDrug design, development and therapy · 2025
    Review
  3. Tanshinone-I for the treatment of uterine fibroids: Molecular docking, simulation, and density functional theory investigations.Saudi pharmaceutical journal : SPJ : the official publication of the Saudi Pharmaceutical Society · 2023
    Article
  4. Review
  5. Article
  6. Article
  7. Article
  8. Article
  9. Article
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 2 institutions in 1 country.

Lei RenDepartment of Clinical Laboratory, Affiliated Hospital of Guilin Medical University, Guangxi, China.
Hao-Nan GuoDepartment of Clinical Laboratory, Affiliated Hospital of Guilin Medical University, Guangxi, China.
Jun YangDepartment of Clinical Laboratory, Affiliated Hospital of Guilin Medical University, Guangxi, China.
Xiao-Ying GuoDepartment of Clinical Laboratory, Daqing Oilfield General Hospital, Daqing, China.
Ye-Sheng WeiDepartment of Clinical Laboratory, Affiliated Hospital of Guilin Medical University, Guangxi, China.
Zhao YangDepartment of Clinical Laboratory, Affiliated Hospital of Guilin Medical University, Guangxi, China.
Guilin Medical University · CNDaqing Oilfield General Hospital · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Taxifolin (TFN) is an important natural compound with antifibrotic activity; however, its pharmacological mechanism is not clear. In this study, our aim is to gain insight into the effects of TFN and its potential mechanisms in unilateral ureteral obstruction (UUO) animal model using metabolomics approach to identify the metabolic biomarkers and perturbed pathways. Serum metabolomics analysis by UPLC-Q-TOF/MS was carried out to discover the changes in the metabolic profile. It showed that TFN has a significant protective effect on UUO-induced renal fibrosis and a total of 32 potential biomarkers were identified and related to RF progression. Of note, 27 biomarkers were regulated by TFN treatment, which participate in eight metabolic pathways, including phenylalanine, tyrosine and tryptophan biosynthesis, and phenylalanine metabolism. It also showed that metabolomics was a promising strategy to better dissect metabolic characteristics and pharmacological mechanisms of natural compounds by multivariate approach and ultra-performance liquid chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry.

Indexed as

biomarkermetabolic pathwaymetabolomicsnatural productrenal fibrosisUPLC-Q-TOF/MS

Identifiers

PMID33519473
PMCPMC7841412
OpenAlexW3119630447

What Socratic holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the Socratic graph.