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ReviewPulmonary pharmacology & therapeutics2013

Epigenetics and miRNA emerge as key regulators of smooth muscle cell phenotype and function.

Rachel L Clifford, Cherie A Singer, Alison E John

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Review in Pulmonary pharmacology & therapeutics, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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18citing papers in PubMed
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 15% 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

18 citing papers in PubMed, 27 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Trial
  2. Epigenetic Mechanisms in Heart Diseases.Reviews in cardiovascular medicine · 2025
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  11. Effects of miRNA-145 on airway smooth muscle cells function.Molecular and cellular biochemistry · 2015
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  14. Brain-derived neurotrophic factor in the airways.Pharmacology & therapeutics · 2014
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  18. Airway smooth muscle in airway reactivity and remodeling: what have we learned?American journal of physiology. Lung cellular and molecular physiology · 2013
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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

3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Rachel L CliffordUniversity of Nottingham, Division of Respiratory Medicine and Nottingham Respiratory Research Unit, Clinical Sciences Building, City Hospital, Hucknall Road, Nottingham NG5 1PB, England, UK. R.Clifford@nottingham.ac.uk
Cherie A Singer
Alison E John
University of Nottingham · GBUniversity of Nevada, Reno · US

Funding

Outreach/Diversity/Pipeline ProjectP20GM103440 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA RENO · PI Jonathan E. Baker · 2012 to 2026
$58.0M
UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH AND TRAININGP20RR016464 · NCRR · UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA RENO · PI REIBER, CARL · 2001 to 2011
$30.3M
microRNA-25 attenuates allergic inflammation by altering airway smooth muscle phenotype and functionR01HL127192 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA RENO · PI SINGER, CHERIE · 2016 to 2019
$1.5M
Interferon regulation of T-bet in airway smooth muscleK01HL080960 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA RENO · PI SINGER, CHERIE · 2005 to 2008
$486k
Medical Research CouncilNCRR NIH HHS P20 RR016464NCRR NIH HHS RR016464NHLBI NIH HHS HL080960NHLBI NIH HHS K01 HL080960NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL127192NIGMS NIH HHS GM103440NIGMS NIH HHS P20 GM103440Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Regulation of phenotypic plasticity in smooth muscle requires an understanding of the mechanisms regulating phenotype-specific genes and the processes dysregulated during pathogenesis. Decades of study in airway smooth muscle has provided extensive knowledge of the gene expression patterns and signaling pathways necessary to maintain and alter smooth muscle cell phenotype. With this solid foundation, the importance and complexity of inheritable epigenetic modifications and mechanisms silencing gene expression have now emerged as fundamental components regulating aspects of inflammation, proliferation and remodeling.

Indexed as

Epigenesis, GeneticAirway RemodelingAnimalsCell ProliferationGene Expression RegulationGene SilencingHumansInflammationMicroRNAsMyocytes, Smooth MusclePhenotypeSignal TransductionMicroRNAs

Identifiers

PMID22800879
PMCPMC4076625
OpenAlexW1972886523

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