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ArticleFrontiers in immunology2024

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Long Zhou, Yingxin Yang, Tingjie Li, Yafang Zhao, Jinye Yuan, Chenxin He, Yan Huang, Jinyu Ma, Yue Zhang, Fang Lu and 5 more

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Article in Frontiers in immunology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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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

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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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

15 authors.

Long Zhou *School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China.
Yingxin Yang *School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China.
Tingjie Li *School of Chinese Materia Medica, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China.
Yafang ZhaoSchool of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China.
Jinye YuanSchool of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China.
Chenxin HeSchool of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China.
Yan HuangSchool of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China.
Jinyu MaSchool of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China.
Yue ZhangSchool of Life Sciences, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China.
Fang LuSchool of Life Sciences, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China.
Jiaze WuSchool of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China.
Zijian LiSchool of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China.
Hui KongSchool of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China.
Yan ZhaoSchool of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China.
Huihua QuCenter of Scientific Experiment, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Allergic rhinitis (AR) affects up to 40% of the population, leading to significant healthcare expenditures. Current mainstream treatments, while effective, can lead to side effects and do not address the underlying immunological imbalances. Methods: Inspired by the similarity between high-temperature pyrolysis and carbonization processing of herbal medicine, ZRC derived CDs (ZRC-CDs) were extracted and purified through several procedures. Then, the physicochemical characteristics of CDs were delineated through a suite of characterization methods. Moreover, our investigation zeroed in on elucidating the ameliorative impacts of CDs on ovalbumin-induced rat models alongside their underlying mechanisms. Results: ZRC-CDs with particle sizes ranging from 1.0 to 3.5 nm and rich surface functional groups. Additionally, we observed that ZRC-CDs significantly attenuated nasal symptoms and pathological damage in ovalbumin-induced AR rats, and modulated lipid metabolism and type 2 inflammatory responses. They also inhibit PI3K/AKT and JAK/STAT pathways, which are associated with metabolism and inflammation. Importantly, ZRC-CDs demonstrated high biocompatibility, underscoring their potential as a novel therapeutic agent. Conclusion: ZRC-CDs offer a promising alternative for AR treatment and could help facilitate broader clinical use of the ZRC. In addition, the exploration of the inherent bioactivity of CDs can help to broaden their biological applications.

Indexed as

CarbonOvalbuminRhinitis, AllergicAnimalsDisease Models, AnimalMaleRatsRats, Sprague-DawleyRhizomeSignal TransductionCarbonOvalbuminallergic rhinitiscarbon dotsherbal medicineinflammationmetabolismZingiberis Rhizoma Carbonisatum

Identifiers

PMID39669585
PMCPMC11634691

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