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ReviewAnnual review of physiology2011

Mesenchymal cells of the intestinal lamina propria.

D W Powell, I V Pinchuk, J I Saada, Xin Chen, R C Mifflin

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Review in Annual review of physiology, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 225 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
225citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
11.3field-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

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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

225 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 375 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Extreme Diversity of the Human Vascular Mesenchymal Cell Landscape.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2020
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  20. Smooth Muscle Silent Information Regulator 1 Contributes to Colitis in Mice.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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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

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

D W PowellDepartment of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, 77555-0764, USA. dpowell@utmb.edu
I V Pinchuk
J I Saada
Xin Chen
R C Mifflin
The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston · USUniversity of California, San Francisco · US

Funding

Molecular Genetics of Liver CancersR01CA136606 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI CHEN, XIN · 2009 to 2016
$2.6M
COX GENE REGULATION IN INTESTINAL MYOFIBROBLASTSR01DK055783 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BR GALVESTON · PI POWELL, DON WATSON · 1999 to 2009
$2.4M
Targeting COX-2 Expressing Myofibroblasts in Colorectal Cancer (CRC)R01CA127229 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MED BR GALVESTON · PI POWELL, DON WATSON · 2009 to 2010
$620k
Cox Gene Expression in Intestinal MyofibroblastsR56DK055783 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MED BR GALVESTON · PI POWELL, DON WATSON · 2010 to 2010
$344k
Expression Programs of Intestinal Cell DifferentiationR21DK069309 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI CHEN, XIN · 2005 to 2006
$299k
NCI NIH HHS CA127229NCI NIH HHS CA136606NCI NIH HHS R01 CA127229NCI NIH HHS R01 CA136606NIDDK NIH HHS DK069309NIDDK NIH HHS DK55783NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK055783NIDDK NIH HHS R21 DK069309NIDDK NIH HHS R56 DK055783
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The mesenchymal elements of the intestinal lamina propria reviewed here are the myofibroblasts, fibroblasts, mural cells (pericytes) of the vasculature, bone marrow-derived stromal stem cells, smooth muscle of the muscularis mucosae, and smooth muscle surrounding the lymphatic lacteals. These cells share similar marker molecules, origins, and coordinated biological functions previously ascribed solely to subepithelial myofibroblasts. We review the functional anatomy of intestinal mesenchymal cells and describe what is known about their origin in the embryo and their replacement in adults. As part of their putative role in intestinal mucosal morphogenesis, we consider the intestinal stem cell niche. Lastly, we review emerging information about myofibroblasts as nonprofessional immune cells that may be important as an alarm system for the gut and as a participant in peripheral immune tolerance.

Indexed as

AnimalsBiomarkersCell DifferentiationEpithelial-Mesenchymal TransitionFemaleHedgehog ProteinsHumansImmunity, InnateIntestinesMaleMesenchymal Stem CellsMesodermMiceMucous MembraneMyofibroblastsPericytesBiomarkersHedgehog Proteins

Identifiers

PMID21054163
PMCPMC3754809
OpenAlexW2160475635

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