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ReviewCurrent allergy and asthma reports2003

Airway vascular remodeling in asthma.

John W Wilson, Tom Kotsimbos

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Review in Current allergy and asthma reports, 2003. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
20citing papers in PubMed
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 22% 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

20 citing papers in PubMed, 45 citations in OpenAlex.

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  8. Angiopoietin-2 concentration in serum is associated with severe asthma phenotype.Allergy, asthma, and clinical immunology : official journal of the Canadian Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology · 2016
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  15. Ion channels in asthma.The Journal of biological chemistry · 2011
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  19. Tissue-engineered endothelial and epithelial implants differentially and synergistically regulate airway repair.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2008
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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

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

John W WilsonDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, The Alfred Hospital, Prahran 3181, Australia. john.wilson@med.monash.edu.au
Tom Kotsimbos
The Alfred Hospital · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Several characteristic changes occur in the bronchial wall in asthma, including specific changes to the vasculature. These result in an increase in vessel numbers per unit area, as well as increased vessel activity suggested by vasodilatation, vessel leakage, and cellular margination with transmigration to target tissues. This combined action in asthma leads to airway-wall thickening and reduced airflow. Each component of the vascular response has been shown to be controlled by a range of inflammatory mediators and growth factors. These factors are themselves regulated by a complex process initially involving gene expression, transcription, and translation at the molecular level, then subsequent protein release, binding to matrix elements, endothelial cell activation, and a proliferative endothelial response. Many commonly used airway medications are capable of modulating the vascular response to inflammatory stimuli. New therapies might improve airflow through better regulation of vessel growth, dilatation, and leakage in the airway wall.

Indexed as

Airway ResistanceAsthmaBronchiCapillary PermeabilityEndothelium, VascularHumansInflammationNeovascularization, Pathologic

Identifiers

PMID12562555
OpenAlexW1971375190

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