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ArticleAmerican journal of cardiovascular disease2012

SDF-1α and CXCR4 as therapeutic targets in cardiovascular disease.

Jessica Wen, Jian-Qing Zhang, Wei Huang, Yigang Wang

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Article in American journal of cardiovascular disease, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
24citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.5field-weighted citation impact, top 10% 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

24 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 35 citations in OpenAlex.

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  18. Endothelial microRNA-150 is an intrinsic suppressor of pathologic ocular neovascularization.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2015
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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

4 authors.

Jessica Wen
Jian-Qing Zhang
Wei Huang
Yigang Wang

Funding

iPS cells-derived progenitor cells for angiomyogenesisR01HL110740 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI · PI ASHRAF, MUHAMMAD, WANG, YIGANG · 2011 to 2015
$2.9M
Stem Cell TherapyR01HL089824 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI · PI WANG, YIGANG · 2008 to 2012
$1.9M
Lineage Specific Stem Cell Mobilization for Heart RepairR01HL081859 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI · PI WANG, YIGANG · 2005 to 2009
$1.9M
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL081859NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL089824NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL110740
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

SDF-1α/CXCR4 signaling is important for endogenous processes, including organogenesis and hematopoeisis, as well as in response to tissue injury. The secretion of SDF-1α acts as a chemoattractant to facilitate the homing of circulating CXCR4 positive cells as well as other stem cells to the site of injury for the initiation organ regeneration and repair. In the case of cardiovascular disease, and particularly myocardial infarction, this signaling axis is implicated in many of these processes, and has an additional role in providing trophic support for cells and utilizing paracrine mechanisms to enhance cell survival, promote angiogenesis, and stimulate differentiation. Current research is focused on elucidating these complex events, and so far have produced promising results that have led to the development of cell therapies that can more effectively repair cardiac tissue following ischemic injury than currently used treatments. Despite these advancements, much remains to be discovered so that in the future, new treatments will be better able to regenerate tissue and recover function.

Indexed as

cell mobilizationendothelial cellsmyocardial infarctionprogenitor/stem cellsSDF-1α/CXCR4

Identifiers

PMID22254210
PMCPMC3257156
OpenAlexW1494120183

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Registered trials

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