Evidence map›Paper›PMID 17516169›Full record

ReviewHeart failure reviews2007

Signaling pathways in ischemic preconditioning.

James M Downey, Amanda M Davis, Michael V Cohen

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Review in Heart failure reviews, 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 129 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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129citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
21.0field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

129 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 313 citations in OpenAlex.

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69 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

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

James M DowneyDepartment of Physiology, College of Medicine, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL 36688, USA.
Amanda M Davis
Michael V Cohen
University of South Alabama · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ischemic preconditioning renders the heart resistant to infarction from ischemia/reperfusion. Over the past two decades a great deal has been learned about preconditioning's mechanism. Adenosine, bradykinin, and opioids act in parallel to trigger the preconditioned state and do so by activating PKC. While adenosine couples directly to PKC through the phospholipases, bradykinin and opioids do so through a complex pathway that includes in order: phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3-kinase), Akt, nitric oxide synthase, guanylyl cyclase, PKG, opening of mitochondrial K(ATP) channels, and activation of PKC by redox signaling. There are even differences between the opioid and bradykinin coupling as the former activates PI3-kinase through transactivation of the epidermal growth factor receptor while the latter has an unknown coupling mechanism. Protection stems from inhibition of formation of mitochondrial permeability transition pores early in reperfusion through activation of the survival kinases, Akt and ERK. These kinases are activated as a result of PKC somehow promoting signaling from adenosine A(2) receptors early in reperfusion. The survival kinases are thought to inhibit pore formation by phosphorylating GSK-3beta. The reperfused heart requires the support of the protective signals for only about an hour after which the ischemic injury is repaired and the signals are no longer needed.

Indexed as

Signal TransductionAdaptor Proteins, Signal TransducingApoptosis Regulatory ProteinsHumansIschemic Preconditioning, MyocardialMitochondrial Membrane Transport ProteinsMitochondrial Permeability Transition PoreMyocardial InfarctionMyocardial ReperfusionNitric OxideReactive Oxygen SpeciesAdaptor Proteins, Signal TransducingAKTIP protein, humanApoptosis Regulatory ProteinsMitochondrial Membrane Transport ProteinsMitochondrial Permeability Transition PoreNitric OxideReactive Oxygen Species

Identifiers

PMID17516169
OpenAlexW2020796941

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