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ReviewThe Canadian journal of cardiology2006

The vascular biology of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors: modulation of atherosclerosis.

Subodh Verma, Paul E Szmitko

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Review in The Canadian journal of cardiology, 2006. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
12citing papers in PubMed
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 20% 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

12 citing papers in PubMed, 28 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. Increased ADRP expression in human atherosclerotic lesions correlates with plaque instability.International journal of clinical and experimental medicine · 2015
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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 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Subodh VermaDivision of Cardiac Surgery, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario. subodh.verma@sympatico.ca
Paul E Szmitko
St Michael's Hospital · GBUniversity of Toronto · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Accumulating evidence suggests that peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR) agonists possess powerful antiatherosclerotic properties, by both directly affecting the vascular wall and indirectly affecting systemic inflammation and insulin sensitivity. The PPARs are ligand-activated transcription factors, which play a number of important physiological roles in lipid and glucose homeostasis. Activation of PPARgamma appears to exert a vasculoprotective effect by limiting endothelial dysfunction, impairing atherogenesis and preventing restenosis, while simultaneously and favourably modulating adipokine expression and lipid metabolism. Several experimental and clinical studies have demonstrated the potential of the PPAR agonist drug class in terms of treating atherosclerotic disease. In the present review, the vascular biology of PPARs, and how the modulation of these molecular pathways may serve as a therapeutic strategy to prevent atherosclerosis, vascular inflammation and restenosis are discussed.

Indexed as

AdiponectinAnimalsAtherosclerosisEndothelium, VascularHumansLipid MetabolismPeroxisome Proliferator-Activated ReceptorsAdiponectinPeroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors

Identifiers

PMID16498507
PMCPMC2780844
OpenAlexW1965938589

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