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ReviewCritical care clinics2011

Biomarkers in acute lung injury: insights into the pathogenesis of acute lung injury.

L J Mark Cross, Michael A Matthay

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Review in Critical care clinics, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 116 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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116citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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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

116 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

L J Mark CrossCentre for Infection and Immunity, Queen's University of Belfast, Room 01/014, Health Sciences Building, 97 Lisburn Road, Belfast, BT9 7BL, Northern Ireland, UK.
Michael A Matthay

Funding

MECHANISMS OF ALVEOLAR EPITHELIAL FLUID CLEARANCER01HL051854 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI MATTHAY, MICHAEL A. · 1994 to 2012
$4.4M
Resolution of Clinical Lung InjuryR37HL051856 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI MATTHAY, MICHAEL A. · 2006 to 2015
$3.9M
Medical Research Council G0701690NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL051854NHLBI NIH HHS R37 HL051856
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Studies of potential biomarkers of acute lung injury (ALI) have provided information relating to the pathophysiology of the mechanisms of lung injury and repair. The utility of biomarkers remains solely among research tools to investigate lung injury and repair mechanisms. Because of lack of sensitivity and specificity, they cannot be used in decision making in patients with ALI or acute respiratory distress syndrome. The authors reviewed known biomarkers in context of their major biologic activity. The continued interest in identifying and studying biomarkers is relevant, as it provides information regarding the mechanisms involved in lung injury and repair and how this may be helpful in identifying and designing future therapeutic targets and strategies and possibly identifying a sensitive and specific biomarker.

Indexed as

Acute Lung InjuryBiomarkersBlood CoagulationCytokinesEndotheliumEpitheliumFibrinolysisHumansInflammationIntercellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsPulmonary AlveoliBiomarkersCytokinesIntercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins

Identifiers

PMID21440206
PMCPMC3073651

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