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ArticleAntioxidants (Basel, Switzerland)2022

Baicalein Exerts Therapeutic Effects against Endotoxin-Induced Depression-like Behavior in Mice by Decreasing Inflammatory Cytokines and Increasing Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Levels.

Hsin-Tzu Liu, Yu-Ning Lin, Ming-Cheng Tsai, Ya-Chi Wu, Ming-Chung Lee

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Article in Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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14citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
2.2field-weighted citation impact, top 11% 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

14 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 36 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

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Hsin-Tzu LiuDepartment of Medical Research, Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Hualien 970, Taiwan.
Yu-Ning LinDepartment of Chinese Medicine, Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Hualien 970, Taiwan.
Ming-Cheng TsaiDepartment of Neurosurgery, Shin-Kong Wu Ho-Su Memorial Hospital, Taipei 111, Taiwan.
Ya-Chi WuDepartment of Medical Research, Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Hualien 970, Taiwan.
Ming-Chung LeeDepartment of Life Science, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei 116, Taiwan.
Hualien Tzu Chi Medical Center · TWNational Taiwan Normal University · TWTzu Chi Foundation · TW

Funding

Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation TCRD107-43Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation TCRD108-62
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Inflammation plays an important role in the pathophysiology of depression. This study aims to elucidate the antidepressant effect of baicalein, an anti-inflammatory component of a traditional Chinese herbal medicine (

Indexed as

baicaleinbrain-derived neurotrophic factordepression-like behaviorpro-inflammatory cytokines

Identifiers

PMID35624812
PMCPMC9137772
OpenAlexW4280513259

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