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ReviewFree radical biology & medicine2008

The complex role of iNOS in acutely rejecting cardiac transplants.

Galen M Pieper, Allan M Roza

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Review in Free radical biology & medicine, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 15% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 22 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Galen M PieperDivision of Transplant Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA. gmpieper@mcw.edu
Allan M Roza
Medical College of Wisconsin · US

Funding

iNOS Posttranslational Regulation in Cardiac RejectionR01HL078937 · NHLBI · MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN · PI PIEPER, GALEN M · 2006 to 2009
$1.5M
NHLBI NIH HHS HL078937NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL078937
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This review summarizes the evidence for a detrimental role of nitric oxide (NO) derived from inducible NO synthase (iNOS) and/or reactive nitrogen species such as peroxynitrite in acutely rejecting cardiac transplants. In chronic cardiac transplant rejection, iNOS may have an opposing beneficial component. The purpose of this review is primarily to address issues related to acute rejection, which is a recognized risk factor for chronic rejection. The evidence for a detrimental role is based upon strategies involving nonselective NOS inhibitors, NO neutralizers, selective iNOS inhibitors, and iNOS gene deletion in rodent models of cardiac rejection. The review is presented in the context of the impact on various components, including graft survival, histological rejection, and cardiac function, which may contribute to the process of graft rejection in toto. Possible limitations of each strategy are discussed in order to understand better the variance in published findings, including issues related to the potential importance of cell localization of iNOS expression. Finally, the concept of a dual role for NO and its downstream product, peroxynitrite, in rejection vs immune regulation is discussed.

Indexed as

Heart TransplantationAcute DiseaseAnimalsGraft RejectionHumansMyocardial ContractionMyocytes, CardiacNitric OxideNitric Oxide Synthase Type IIPeroxynitrous AcidNitric OxideNitric Oxide Synthase Type IIPeroxynitrous Acid

Identifiers

PMID18291116
PMCPMC2443548
OpenAlexW2020213714

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