Evidence map›Paper›PMID 18608994›Full record

ReviewMicrocirculation (New York, N.Y. : 1994)2008

Systems biology of vascular endothelial growth factors.

Feilim Mac Gabhann, Aleksander S Popel

Open access · greenAbstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review in Microcirculation (New York, N.Y. : 1994), 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 84 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
84citing papers in PubMed
5.9field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

84 citing papers in PubMed, 159 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
  2. Article
  3. Article
  4. Article
  5. Review
  6. Review
  7. Article
  8. Article
  9. Article
  10. Review
  11. Review
  12. Article
  13. Review
  14. Sex differences in cancer mechanisms.Biology of sex differences · 2020
    Review
  15. Article
  16. Review
  17. Article
  18. Context-dependent regulation of receptor tyrosine kinases: Insights from systems biology approaches.Wiley interdisciplinary reviews. Systems biology and medicine · 2019
    Review
  19. Microvascular bioengineering: a focus on pericytes.Journal of biological engineering · 2019
    Review
  20. Article

24 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.

Feilim Mac GabhannDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908, USA. feilim@virginia.edu
Aleksander S Popel
Johns Hopkins Medicine · USUniversity of Virginia · US

Funding

BASIC CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH TRAINING GRANTT32HL007284 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA CHARLOTTESVILLE · PI Brant E Isakson, Gary K Owens · 1985 to 2026
$19.6M
Quantitative Analysis of Angiogenesis in Skeletal MuscleR01HL079653 · NHLBI · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI POPEL, ALEKSANDER S. · 2005 to 2009
$1.5M
Systems Biology of Angiogenesis: Molecules to therapyR33HL087351 · NHLBI · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI POPEL, ALEKSANDER S. · 2006 to 2008
$1.3M
NHLBI NIH HHS HL079653NHLBI NIH HHS HL087351NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL079653NHLBI NIH HHS R33 HL087351NHLBI NIH HHS T32 HL007284NHLBI NIH HHS T32 HL7284
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Several cytokine families have roles in the development, maintenance, and remodeling of the microcirculation. Of these, the vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) family is one of the best studied and one of the most complex. Five VEGF ligand genes and five cell-surface receptor genes are known in the human, and each of these may be transcribed as multiple splice isoforms to generate an extensive family of proteins, many of which are subject to further proteolytic processing. Using the VEGF family as an example, we describe the current knowledge of growth-factor expression, processing, and transport in vivo. Experimental studies and computational simulations are being used to measure and predict the activity of these molecules, and we describe avenues of research that seek to fill the remaining gaps in our understanding of VEGF family behavior.

Indexed as

Angiogenesis InhibitorsAnimalsComputer SimulationGene Expression RegulationHumansModels, BiologicalModels, MolecularMultigene FamilyProtein BindingProtein ConformationProtein Interaction MappingProtein IsoformsProtein Processing, Post-TranslationalRatsReceptors, Vascular Endothelial Growth FactorRNA SplicingAngiogenesis InhibitorsProtein IsoformsReceptors, Vascular Endothelial Growth FactorVascular Endothelial Growth Factors

Identifiers

PMID18608994
PMCPMC2722038
OpenAlexW2107583561

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceTDM
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

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.