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ReviewAnnals of the New York Academy of Sciences2010

Mechanisms of chylomicron uptake into lacteals.

J Brandon Dixon

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Review in Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 59 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
59citing papers in PubMed
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 23% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

59 citing papers in PubMed, 109 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

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

J Brandon DixonGeorge W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. dixon@gatech.edu
Georgia Institute of Technology · US

Funding

Quantifying the role of lymphatics in lipid metabolism and transportR00HL091133 · NHLBI · GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI DIXON, JAMES BRANDON · 2009 to 2011
$716k
NHLBI NIH HHS R00 HL091133
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Right from birth, the lymphatics play a crucial role in dietary functions. A majority of the lipid absorbed from the newborn's lipid-rich diet enters the blood circulation through the lymphatic system, which transports triglyceride-loaded particles known as chylomicrons from the villi of the small intestine to the venous circulation near the heart. In light of the significance of this role, as well as the fact that lipid transport from the gut was one of the earliest discovered functions of the lymphatic vasculature, it is surprising that so little is known about how chylomicrons initially gain access to the lymphatic vessel. This review will focus on the current mechanisms thought to be important in this process and highlight important questions that need to be answered in the future.

Indexed as

AnimalsBiological TransportChylomicronsHumansLymphatic VesselsChylomicrons

Identifiers

PMID20961306
PMCPMC3132563
OpenAlexW2147049419

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