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ArticleOxidative medicine and cellular longevity2021

Metformin Corrects Glucose Metabolism Reprogramming and NLRP3 Inflammasome-Induced Pyroptosis via Inhibiting the TLR4/NF-

Yang Zhang, Weifang Liu, Yanqi Zhong, Qi Li, Mengying Wu, Liu Yang, Xiaoxia Liu, Li Zou

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Article in Oxidative medicine and cellular longevity, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 38 papers.

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38citing papers in PubMed
7.1field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

38 citing papers in PubMed, 67 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yang ZhangDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Weifang LiuDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Yanqi ZhongDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Qi LiDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Mengying WuDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Liu YangDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Xiaoxia LiuDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8188-4562
Li ZouDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4795-2343
Union Hospital · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

NOD-like receptor family, pyrin domain-containing protein 3 (NLRP3) inflammasome-mediated pyroptosis is a crucial event in the preeclamptic pathogenesis, tightly linked with the uteroplacental TLR4/NF-

Indexed as

PyroptosisBlood GlucoseFemaleGene Expression RegulationHumansHypoglycemic AgentsInflammasomesInflammationLipopolysaccharidesMetforminNF-kappa BNLR Family, Pyrin Domain-Containing 3 ProteinPhosphofructokinase-2Pre-EclampsiaPregnancyToll-Like Receptor 4Blood GlucoseHypoglycemic AgentsInflammasomesLipopolysaccharidesMetforminNF-kappa BNLR Family, Pyrin Domain-Containing 3 ProteinNLRP3 protein, humanPFKFB3 protein, humanPhosphofructokinase-2TLR4 protein, humanToll-Like Receptor 4

Identifiers

PMID34804360
PMCPMC8601820
OpenAlexW3211525662

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