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ReviewFrontiers in pharmacology2025

Metformin in gynecological disorders: pathogenic insights and therapeutic implications.

Ping Nie, Minghua Wang, Yan Mo, Hong Zhou, Qingbing Zha, Gendie E Lash, Ping Li

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Review in Frontiers in pharmacology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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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

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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.

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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.

Ping NieDepartment of Pathology, Jinan University School of Medicine, Guangzhou, China.
Minghua WangDepartment of Pathology, Longgang District People's Hospital, Shenzhen, China.
Yan MoCenter of Reproductive Medicine, Jinan University First Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou, China.
Hong ZhouCenter of Reproductive Medicine, Jinan University First Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou, China.
Qingbing ZhaCenter of Reproductive Medicine, Jinan University First Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou, China.
Gendie E LashGuangzhou Institute of Pediatrics, Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Ping LiDepartment of Pathology, Jinan University School of Medicine, Guangzhou, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Metformin, the most widely used anti-diabetic drug, has been demonstrated to exert various effects, including antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, anti-tumor, and cardioprotective properties. Due to its affordability and low toxicity profile, metformin is increasingly used to prevent or treat a wide range of gynecological disorders, as evidenced by epidemiological studies, clinical trials, and animal and

Indexed as

endometriosisgynecologic malignanciesmetforminovarypolycystic ovary syndromepremature ovarian failureuterus

Identifiers

PMID40331195
PMCPMC12052884

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