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ReviewMedicine and pharmacy reports2024

The therapeutic mechanisms and beneficial effects of ursodeoxycholic acid in the treatment of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease: a systematic review.

Sorina Ionelia Stan, Viorel Biciuşcă, Diana Clenciu, Adina Mitrea, Mihai-Virgil Boldeanu, Patricia Durand, Suzana Dănoiu

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Review in Medicine and pharmacy reports, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 14% 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

6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 8 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

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sorina Ionelia StanDepartment of Internal Medicine, Emergency County Hospital, Craiova, Romania.
Viorel BiciuşcăDepartment of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, Romania.
Diana ClenciuDepartment of Diabetes, Nutrition and Metabolic Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, Romania.
Adina MitreaDepartment of Diabetes, Nutrition and Metabolic Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, Romania.
Mihai-Virgil BoldeanuDepartment Laboratory of Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, Romania.
Patricia DurandDoctoral School, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, Romania.
Suzana DănoiuDepartment of Pathophysiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, Romania.
University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova · RO

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the most prevalent chronic liver disease, with an increasing prevalence in all regions of the world. Its spectrum includes hepatic steatosis (HS) and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) with progression to fibrosis, cirrhosis, and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). NAFLD may represent the hepatic manifestation of the metabolic syndrome (MS), with a prevalence directly proportional to the prevalence of obesity and MS. The standard treatment for patients with NAFLD is lifestyle modification, which in medical practice has many limitations. To overcome them, numerous drugs with benefits in the prevention and treatment of the disease have been studied. Currently, the most used substances are vitamin E and Pioglitazone, with numerous benefits. Furthermore, new strategies and beneficial treatments are needed for the prevention of the disease, which is currently a priority in both the health and research fields. One of the most studied agents in the last decades has been ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA), which is of great interest in the treatment of NAFLD due to its hepatoprotective effects.

Indexed as

non-alcoholic fatty liver diseasenon-alcoholic steatohepatitistherapyursodeoxycholic acid

Identifiers

PMID38344336
PMCPMC10852123
OpenAlexW4387344015

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