Evidence map›Paper›PMID 22240242›Full record

ReviewEndocrine reviews2012

Emerging role of mast cells and macrophages in cardiovascular and metabolic diseases.

Jia-Ming Xu, Guo-Ping Shi

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Review in Endocrine reviews, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 52 papers.

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52citing papers in PubMed
6.1field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

52 citing papers in PubMed, 101 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 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Jia-Ming XuDepartment of Medicine, Nanfang Hospital and Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China.
Guo-Ping Shi
Brigham and Women's Hospital · USSouthern Medical University · CN

Funding

Role of mast cells in obesityR01HL060942 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO · PI SHI, GUO-PING · 1999 to 2019
$5.6M
Role of Mast Cells in AtherosclerosisR01HL081090 · NHLBI · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI SHI, GUO-PING · 2007 to 2015
$3.3M
Role of mast cells in abdominal aortic aneurysmsR01HL088547 · NHLBI · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI SHI, GUO-PING · 2008 to 2011
$1.7M
NHLBI NIH HHS HL60942NHLBI NIH HHS HL81090NHLBI NIH HHS HL88547NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL060942NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL081090NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL088547
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mast cells are essential in allergic immune responses. Recent discoveries have revealed their direct participation in cardiovascular diseases and metabolic disorders. Although more sophisticated mechanisms are still unknown, data from animal studies suggest that mast cells act similarly to macrophages and other inflammatory cells and contribute to human diseases through cell-cell interactions and the release of proinflammatory cytokines, chemokines, and proteases to induce inflammatory cell recruitment, cell apoptosis, angiogenesis, and matrix protein remodeling. Reduced cardiovascular complications and improved metabolic symptoms in animals receiving over-the-counter antiallergy medications that stabilize mast cells open another era of mast cell biology and bring new hope to human patients suffering from these conditions.

Indexed as

Aortic Aneurysm, AbdominalAtherosclerosisCardiovascular DiseasesDiabetes MellitusHumansMacrophagesMast CellsMetabolic DiseasesObesity

Identifiers

PMID22240242
PMCPMC3365842
OpenAlexW2129752653

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