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ReviewBiochimica et biophysica acta2012

Mast cells and metabolic syndrome.

Jie Zhang, Guo-Ping Shi

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Review in Biochimica et biophysica acta, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 45 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
45citing papers in PubMed
2.7field-weighted citation impact, top 10% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

45 citing papers in PubMed, 103 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.

Jie ZhangDepartment of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Guo-Ping Shi
Brigham and Women's Hospital · US

Funding

Role of mast cells in obesityR01HL060942 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO · PI SHI, GUO-PING · 1999 to 2019
$5.6M
Role of Mast Cells in AtherosclerosisR01HL081090 · NHLBI · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI SHI, GUO-PING · 2007 to 2015
$3.3M
Role of mast cells in abdominal aortic aneurysmsR01HL088547 · NHLBI · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI SHI, GUO-PING · 2008 to 2011
$1.7M
NHLBI NIH HHS HL60942NHLBI NIH HHS HL81090NHLBI NIH HHS HL88547NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL060942NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL081090NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL088547
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mast cells are critical effectors in the development of allergic diseases and in many immunoglobulin E-mediated immune responses. These cells exert their physiological and pathological activities by releasing granules containing histamine, cytokines, chemokines, and proteases, including mast cell-specific chymase and tryptase. Like macrophages and T lymphocytes, mast cells are inflammatory cells, and they participate in the pathogenesis of inflammatory diseases such as cardiovascular complications and metabolic disorders. Recent observations suggested that mast cells are involved in insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes. Data from animal models proved the direct participation of mast cells in diet-induced obesity and diabetes. Although the mechanisms by which mast cells participate in these metabolic diseases are not fully understood, established mast cell pathobiology in cardiovascular diseases and effective mast cell inhibitor medications used in pre-formed obesity and diabetes in experimental models offer hope to patients with these common chronic inflammatory diseases. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Mast cells in inflammation.

Indexed as

Adipose Tissue, WhiteAnimalsAnimals, Genetically ModifiedHumansHypertensionInflammationInflammation MediatorsMast CellsMetabolic DiseasesObesityInflammation Mediators

Identifiers

PMID21185370
PMCPMC3136576
OpenAlexW1984268475

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