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ReviewArteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology2011

The adventitia: a dynamic interface containing resident progenitor cells.

Mark W Majesky, Xiu Rong Dong, Virginia Hoglund, William M Mahoney, Guenter Daum

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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 134 papers.

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134citing papers in PubMed
9.2field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

134 citing papers in PubMed, 254 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

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Mark W MajeskySeattle Children’s Research Institute, Departments of Pediatric, Center for Cardiovascular Biology, and the Institute of Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98101, USA. mwm84@uw.edu
Xiu Rong Dong
Virginia Hoglund
William M Mahoney
Guenter Daum
Maine Farmland Trust · US

Funding

THE CONTRACTILE SYSTEM OF VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLEP01HL019242 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA CHARLOTTESVILLE · PI OWENS, GARY K · 1985 to 2009
$16.9M
Role for S1P2 in the Arterial Injury ResponseR01HL088374 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI LEBOEUF, RENEE C · 2008 to 2012
$2.3M
Hedgehog Signaling in the AdventitiaR01HL093594 · NHLBI · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI MAJESKY, MARK W. · 2009 to 2012
$1.8M
Molecular Characterization of Arterially-Restricted RGS5R00HL087513 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI MAHONEY, WILLIAM M · 2009 to 2011
$747k
Molecular Characterization of Arterially-Restricted RGS5K99HL087513 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI MAHONEY, WILLIAM M · 2007 to 2008
$160k
NHLBI NIH HHS HL19242NHLBI NIH HHS HL87513NHLBI NIH HHS HL88374NHLBI NIH HHS HL93594NHLBI NIH HHS K99 HL087513NHLBI NIH HHS P01 HL019242NHLBI NIH HHS R00 HL087513NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL088374NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL093594
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Conventional views of the tunica adventitia as a poorly organized layer of vessel wall composed of fibroblasts, connective tissue, and perivascular nerves are undergoing revision. Recent studies suggest that the adventitia has properties of a stem/progenitor cell niche in the artery wall that may be poised to respond to arterial injury. It is also a major site of immune surveillance and inflammatory cell trafficking and harbors a dynamic microvasculature, the vasa vasorum, that maintains the medial layer and provides an important gateway for macrophage and leukocyte migration into the intima. In addition, the adventitia is in contact with tissue that surrounds the vessel and may actively participate in exchange of signals and cells between the vessel wall and the tissue in which it resides. This brief review highlights recent advances in our understanding of the adventitia and its resident progenitor cells and discusses progress toward an integrated view of adventitial function in vascular development, repair, and disease.

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AnimalsCell CommunicationConnective TissueHumansInflammation MediatorsPhenotypeSignal TransductionStem Cell NicheStem CellsVascular DiseasesInflammation Mediators

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PMID21677296
PMCPMC3382115
OpenAlexW2152771603

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