Evidence map›Paper›PMID 22850979›Full record

ReviewCurrent atherosclerosis reports2012

Regulation of atherosclerosis and associated risk factors by adenosine and adenosine receptors.

Milka Koupenova, Hillary Johnston-Cox, Katya Ravid

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Review in Current atherosclerosis reports, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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19citing papers in PubMed
2.8field-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

19 citing papers in PubMed, 36 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Adenosine AFrontiers in pharmacology · 2024
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  8. Adenosine and the Cardiovascular System.American journal of cardiovascular drugs : drugs, devices, and other interventions · 2019
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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 1 country.

Milka KoupenovaWhitaker Cardiovascular Institute, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, USA. milka@bu.edu
Hillary Johnston-Cox
Katya Ravid
Boston University · USBoston Medical Center · US

Funding

Transgenic CoreP30DK046200 · NIDDK · TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER · PI GREENBERG, ANDREW S, PERISSI, VALENTINA · 1992 to 2021
$25.0M
Multidisciplinary Training in Cardiovascular ResearchT32HL007224 · NHLBI · BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CAMPUS · PI HAMBURG, NAOMI MIRIAM, WAINFORD, RICHARD DAVID · 1985 to 2020
$12.3M
Training Program in Cardiovascular Biology: Pre-DoctoralT32HL007969 · NHLBI · BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CAMPUS · PI RAVID, KATYA · 2003 to 2019
$3.2M
Adenosine Receptors and AtherogenesisR01HL093149 · NHLBI · BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CAMPUS · PI RAVID, KATYA · 2009 to 2012
$1.6M
NHLBI NIH HHS HL007224NHLBI NIH HHS HL007969NHLBI NIH HHS HL93149NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL093149NHLBI NIH HHS T32 HL007224NHLBI NIH HHS T32 HL007969NIDDK NIH HHS DK046200NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK046200
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Adenosine is an endogenous metabolite that has an anti-inflammatory effect across the vasculature. Extracellular adenosine activates 4 G-protein coupled receptors (A1, A3, A2A, and A2B) whose expression varies in different cells and tissues, including the vasculature and blood cells. Higher levels of adenosine are generated during stress, inflammation, and upon tissue damage. Some of the adenosine receptors (AR), such as the A2BAR, are further up-regulated following such stresses. This review discusses the role of adenosine and adenosine receptors in the development of atherosclerosis and some of the risk factors associated with this pathology. These include adenosine receptor-regulated changes in atherosclerosis, blood pressure, thrombosis, and myocardial infarction. Potential therapeutic applications are reviewed, as well as reasons for phenotypic differences occasionally observed between receptor knockout and pharmacological inhibition via drug administration.

Indexed as

AdenosineAnimalsAtherosclerosisFoam CellsHumansMyocardial InfarctionReceptors, Purinergic P1Risk FactorsAdenosineReceptors, Purinergic P1

Identifiers

PMID22850979
PMCPMC3759396
OpenAlexW1974485197

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