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ReviewArteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology2011

Prostaglandins and inflammation.

Emanuela Ricciotti, Garret A FitzGerald

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Review in Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1,666 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
1,666citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
79.4field-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

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

1,666 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 3,657 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Emanuela RicciottiInstitute for Translational Medicine and Therapeutics, 153 Johnson Pavilion, School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
Garret A FitzGerald
Translational Therapeutics (United States) · US

Funding

STUDIES OF PLATELET ADHERENCE TO OSTEOPONTINP01HL062250 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI FITZGERALD, GARRET A · 1999 to 2013
$28.4M
The Nicotinic Acid Receptor HM74A in Vascular InjuryP50HL083799 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI FITZGERALD, GARRET A · 2006 to 2010
$15.8M
STRUCTURAL STUDIES OF PLATELET GPIIB/IIIA ACTIVATIONP50HL054500 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI BRASS, LAWRENCE F · 1996 to 2005
$13.1M
NHLBI NIH HHS HL054500NHLBI NIH HHS HL062250NHLBI NIH HHS HL083799NHLBI NIH HHS P01 HL062250NHLBI NIH HHS P50 HL054500NHLBI NIH HHS P50 HL083799
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Prostaglandins are lipid autacoids derived from arachidonic acid. They both sustain homeostatic functions and mediate pathogenic mechanisms, including the inflammatory response. They are generated from arachidonate by the action of cyclooxygenase isoenzymes, and their biosynthesis is blocked by nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs, including those selective for inhibition of cyclooxygenase-2. Despite the clinical efficacy of nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs, prostaglandins may function in both the promotion and resolution of inflammation. This review summarizes insights into the mechanisms of prostaglandin generation and the roles of individual mediators and their receptors in modulating the inflammatory response. Prostaglandin biology has potential clinical relevance for atherosclerosis, the response to vascular injury and aortic aneurysm.

Indexed as

Signal TransductionAnimalsCyclooxygenase InhibitorsHumansInflammationInflammation MediatorsProstaglandin-Endoperoxide SynthasesProstaglandinsReceptors, ProstaglandinThromboxanesCyclooxygenase InhibitorsInflammation MediatorsProstaglandin-Endoperoxide SynthasesProstaglandinsReceptors, ProstaglandinThromboxanes

Identifiers

PMID21508345
PMCPMC3081099
OpenAlexW2129935236

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Registered trials

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