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ReviewCurrent hypertension reports2010

Mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists and the metabolic syndrome.

Amir Tirosh, Rajesh Garg, Gail K Adler

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Review in Current hypertension reports, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
34citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
4.6field-weighted citation impact, top 5% 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

34 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 68 citations in OpenAlex.

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  19. Arterial Stiffness in Hypertension: an Update.Current hypertension reports · 2018
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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

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Amir TiroshDivision of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Hypertension, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 221 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA. atirosh@partners.org
Rajesh Garg
Gail K Adler
Brigham and Women's Hospital · USHarvard University · US

Funding

Role of Mineralocorticoid Receptor in Diabetic Cardiovascular DiseaseR01HL087060 · NHLBI · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI ADLER, GAIL KURR · 2008 to 2011
$2.5M
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL087060NHLBI NIH HHS R01HL 087060
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Key components of the metabolic syndrome (MetS), ie, obesity and insulin resistance, are associated with increased aldosterone production and mineralocorticoid receptor (MR) activation. Both MetS and hyperaldosteronism are proinflammatory and pro-oxidative states associated with cardiovascular disease. This review discusses emerging data that MR activation may contribute to abnormalities seen in MetS. In view of these data, MR antagonists may be beneficial in MetS, not only by controlling hypertension but also by reversing inflammation, oxidative stress, and defective insulin signaling at the cellular-molecular level. Clinical trials have demonstrated benefits of MR antagonists in heart failure, hypertension, and diabetic nephropathy, but additional trials are needed to demonstrate the clinical significance of MR blockade in MetS.

Indexed as

AldosteroneMineralocorticoid Receptor AntagonistsAntihypertensive AgentsEplerenoneHumansHypertensionInflammationInsulin ResistanceLipid MetabolismLipidsMetabolic SyndromeObesitySignal TransductionSpironolactoneAldosteroneAntihypertensive AgentsEplerenoneLipidsMineralocorticoid Receptor AntagonistsSpironolactone

Identifiers

PMID20563672
PMCPMC2948675
OpenAlexW2023943642

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