Evidence map›Paper›PMID 15940346›Full record

ReviewActa biochimica Polonica2005

Inhibition and regression of atherosclerotic lesions.

Kazuhiro Oka, Lawrence Chan

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In one paragraph

Review in Acta biochimica Polonica, 2005. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed
0.1field-weighted citation impact, top 63% 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

4 citing papers in PubMed, 10 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

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Kazuhiro OkaDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA. kazuhiro@bcm.tmc.edu
Lawrence Chan
Baylor College of Medicine · US

Funding

REGULATABLE GENE TRANSFER SYSTEMP01HL059314 · NHLBI · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI CHAN, LAWRENCE · 1998 to 2007
$7.6M
REGULATABLE GENE TRANSFER SYSTEMP50HL059314 · NHLBI · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI TSAI, SOPHIA Y · 1997 to 2002
$3.7M
Novel Gene Therapy using Helper-Dependent AdenovirusR01HL073144 · NHLBI · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI OKA, KAZUHIRO · 2003 to 2006
$1.0M
NHLBI NIH HHS HL-59314NHLBI NIH HHS HL-73144NHLBI NIH HHS P01 HL059314NHLBI NIH HHS P50 HL059314NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL073144
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Atherosclerosis, once believed to be a result of a slow, irreversible process resulting from lipid accumulation in arterial walls, is now recognized as a dynamic process with reversibility. Liver-directed gene therapy for dyslipidemia aims to treat patients who are not responsive to currently available primary and secondary prevention. Moreover, gene therapy strategies have also proved valuable in studying the dynamics of atherosclerotic lesion formation, progression, and remodeling in experimental animals. Recent results on the long-term effect of gene therapy suggest that hepatic expression of therapeutic genes suppresses inflammation and has profound effects on the nature of the atherogenic process.

Indexed as

AdenoviridaeAnimalsAtherosclerosisDyslipidemiasGenetic TherapyGenetic VectorsHumans

Identifiers

PMID15940346
PMCPMC1360606
OpenAlexW1596645974

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Registered trials

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Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.