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ReviewFree radical biology & medicine2011

Reactive oxygen species in cardiovascular disease.

Koichi Sugamura, John F Keaney

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In one paragraph

Review in Free radical biology & medicine, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 314 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
314citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
42.6field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

314 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 768 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.

Koichi SugamuraDivision of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01605, USA.
John F Keaney
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School · US

Funding

Redox regulation in Endothelial Progenitor CellsP01HL081587 · NHLBI · BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CAMPUS · PI WALSH, KENNETH · 2005 to 2015
$21.5M
PILOT AND FEASIBILITY PROGRAMP30DK032520 · NIDDK · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI CZECH, MICHAEL P · 1986 to 2010
$14.6M
Nox4 and Vascular HomeostasisR01HL098407 · NHLBI · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI KEANEY, JOHN FRANCIS · 2010 to 2017
$3.8M
Mitochondrial Modulation of Endothelia FunctionR01HL092122 · NHLBI · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI KEANEY, JOHN FRANCIS · 2009 to 2016
$3.3M
NHLBI NIH HHS HL081587NHLBI NIH HHS HL092122NHLBI NIH HHS HL098407NHLBI NIH HHS P01 HL081587NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL092122NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL098407NIDDK NIH HHS DK32520NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK032520
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Based on the "free radical theory" of disease, researchers have been trying to elucidate the role of oxidative stress from free radicals in cardiovascular disease. Considerable data indicate that reactive oxygen species and oxidative stress are important features of cardiovascular diseases including atherosclerosis, hypertension, and congestive heart failure. However, blanket strategies with antioxidants to ameliorate cardiovascular disease have not generally yielded favorable results. However, our understanding of reactive oxygen species has evolved to the point at which we now realize these species have important roles in physiology as well as pathophysiology. Thus, it is overly simplistic to assume a general antioxidant strategy will yield specific effects on cardiovascular disease. Indeed, there are several sources of reactive oxygen species that are known to be active in the cardiovascular system. This review addresses our understanding of reactive oxygen species sources in cardiovascular disease and both animal and human data defining how reactive oxygen species contribute to physiology and pathology.

Indexed as

Oxidative StressAnimalsAntioxidantsBiomarkersCardiovascular DiseasesClinical Trials as TopicHeartHumansMolecular Targeted TherapyReactive Oxygen SpeciesAntioxidantsBiomarkersReactive Oxygen Species

Identifiers

PMID21627987
PMCPMC3156326
OpenAlexW2037586146

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