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ReviewRespiratory research2003

Signaling and regulation of G protein-coupled receptors in airway smooth muscle.

Charlotte K Billington, Raymond B Penn

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Review in Respiratory research, 2003. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 148 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
148citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
5.3field-weighted citation impact, top 4% 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

148 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 282 citations in OpenAlex.

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  17. Airway Smooth Muscle Dysfunction in Asthma: Releasing the Anchor.American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology · 2025
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88 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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 2 institutions in 1 country.

Charlotte K BillingtonDepartment of Medicine, Division of Critical Care, Pulmonary, Allergic & Immunologic Diseases, Kimmel Cancer Center, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA. charlotte.billington@mail.tju.edu
Raymond B Penn
Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center · USThomas Jefferson University · US

Funding

G Protein-Coupled Receptor Signaling in Airway Smooth MuR01HL058506 · NHLBI · WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI RAYMOND B. PENN · 2001 to 2026
$9.3M
Synthetic responses of human airway smooth muscleP50HL067663 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI PANETTIERI, REYNOLD ALEXANDER · 2002 to 2005
$7.8M
Synthetic responses of human airway smooth muscleP01HL067663 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI PANETTIERI, REYNOLD ALEXANDER · 2001 to 2001
$2.0M
Human Airway Smooth Muscle Growth RegulationR01HL065338 · NHLBI · WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI PENN, RAYMOND B. · 2001 to 2004
$1.1M
BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR REGULATION IN HUMAN AIRWAY MUSCR29HL058506 · NHLBI · THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY · PI PENN, RAYMOND B. · 1997 to 2000
$113k
NHLBI NIH HHS HL58506NHLBI NIH HHS HL65338NHLBI NIH HHS HL67663NHLBI NIH HHS P01 HL067663NHLBI NIH HHS P50 HL067663NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL058506NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL065338NHLBI NIH HHS R29 HL058506
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Signaling through G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) mediates numerous airway smooth muscle (ASM) functions including contraction, growth, and "synthetic" functions that orchestrate airway inflammation and promote remodeling of airway architecture. In this review we provide a comprehensive overview of the GPCRs that have been identified in ASM cells, and discuss the extent to which signaling via these GPCRs has been characterized and linked to distinct ASM functions. In addition, we examine the role of GPCR signaling and its regulation in asthma and asthma treatment, and suggest an integrative model whereby an imbalance of GPCR-derived signals in ASM cells contributes to the asthmatic state.

Indexed as

Signal TransductionAdrenergic beta-AgonistsAnimalsAsthmaBronchial HyperreactivityGlucocorticoidsHumansMuscle, SmoothReceptors, G-Protein-CoupledRespiratory SystemAdrenergic beta-AgonistsGlucocorticoidsReceptors, G-Protein-Coupled

Identifiers

PMID12648290
PMCPMC152647
OpenAlexW2121774438

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