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ReviewArteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology2011

Monocyte and macrophage dynamics during atherogenesis.

Klaus Ley, Yury I Miller, Catherine C Hedrick

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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 297 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
297citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
17.5field-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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

297 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 553 citations in OpenAlex.

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237 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Klaus LeyDivision of Inflammation Biology, La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA. klaus@liai.org
Yury I Miller
Catherine C Hedrick
La Jolla Institute for Immunology · US

Funding

ROLE OF LIPOXYGENASES IN ATHEROGENESIS IN DIABETES MELLITUSP01HL055798 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA CHARLOTTESVILLE · PI HEDRICK, CATHERINE C · 1995 to 2016
$28.4M
MONOCYTE ADHESION TO ATHEROMA IN GENE TARGETED MICER01HL058108 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA CHARLOTTESVILLE · PI LEY, KLAUS F. · 1997 to 2009
$2.6M
Early Forms of Oxidized LDL, TLRs and AtherosclerosisR01HL081862 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI MILLER, YURY · 2006 to 2010
$2.1M
NHLBI NIH HHS HL081862NHLBI NIH HHS HL55798NHLBI NIH HHS HL58108NHLBI NIH HHS P01 HL055798NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL058108
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Vascular inflammation is associated with and in large part driven by changes in the leukocyte compartment of the vessel wall. Here, we focus on monocyte influx during atherosclerosis, the most common form of vascular inflammation. Although the arterial wall contains a large number of resident macrophages and some resident dendritic cells, atherosclerosis drives a rapid influx of inflammatory monocytes (Ly-6C(+) in mice) and other monocytes (Ly-6C(-) in mice, also known as patrolling monocytes). Once in the vessel wall, Ly-6C(+) monocytes differentiate to a phenotype consistent with inflammatory macrophages and inflammatory dendritic cells. The phenotype of these cells is modulated by lipid uptake, Toll-like receptor ligands, hematopoietic growth factors, cytokines, and chemokines. In addition to newly recruited macrophages, it is likely that resident macrophages also change their phenotype. Monocyte-derived inflammatory macrophages have a short half-life. After undergoing apoptosis, they may be taken up by surrounding macrophages or, if the phagocytic capacity is overwhelmed, can undergo secondary necrosis, a key event in forming the necrotic core of atherosclerotic lesions. In this review, we discuss these and other processes associated with monocytic cell dynamics in the vascular wall and their role in the initiation and progression of atherosclerosis.

Indexed as

AnimalsApoptosisAtherosclerosisDisease ProgressionFoam CellsHumansInflammationInflammation MediatorsLipid MetabolismMacrophagesMonocytesNecrosisPhenotypeSignal TransductionInflammation Mediators

Identifiers

PMID21677293
PMCPMC3133596
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