Evidence map›Paper›PMID 23259529›Full record

Trial reportCardiovascular diabetology2012

Angiotensin II type 1 and type 2 receptor expression in circulating monocytes of diabetic and hypercholesterolemic patients over 3-month rosuvastatin treatment.

Franca Marino, Andrea Maria Maresca, Marco Cosentino, Luana Castiglioni, Emanuela Rasini, Christian Mongiardi, Ramona C Maio, Massimiliano Legnaro, Laura Schembri, Francesco Dentali and 2 more

Open access · goldFull text readClinical Trial
In one paragraph

Trial report in Cardiovascular diabetology, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
8citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 31% 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

8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Lipid-lowering efficacy of rosuvastatin.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2014 · on this map
    Pooled it
  2. Trial
  3. Article
  4. Article
  5. Article
  6. Article
  7. Article
  8. Article
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

12 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Franca MarinoDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy.
Andrea Maria Maresca
Marco Cosentino
Luana Castiglioni
Emanuela Rasini
Christian Mongiardi
Ramona C Maio
Massimiliano Legnaro
Laura Schembri
Francesco Dentali
Anna Maria Grandi
Luigina Guasti
University of Insubria · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundIn diabetes, a variety of pro-inflammatory cellular changes has been found in various cell types, including monocytes which are known to be involved in all the phases of atherogenesis. Angiotensin II (Ang II) type 1 receptor (AT1R) mediates the pro-atherogenic effects of Ang II whereas the type 2 receptor (AT2R) seems associated with atheroprotection. We sought to investigate the potential changes of AT1R-AT2R expression in human monocytes of type 2 diabetic- hypercholesterolemic patients and in hypercholesterolemic subjects, upon clinical treatment with rosuvastatin.

methodsThe AT1R membrane protein and mRNA AT1R and AT2R expression in monocytes were investigated in 10 type 2 diabetic-hypercholesterolemic patients and in 10 hypercholesterolemic subjects, before and after 3-month rosuvastatin treatment. Moreover, the serum cytokine levels of interferon-γ (IFN-γ) and interleukin-4 (IL-4) were detected.

resultsAs expected, rosuvastatin was associated with a change in the lipid profile in the two groups. Both the membrane protein (P = 0.008) and the AT1R mRNA expression (P = 0.038) were significantly reduced during treatment in the absence of AT2R expression change in diabetic-hypercholesterolemic patients whereas no significant difference was observed in hypercholesterolemic subjects. The serum IL-4 levels were increased during treatment whereas no change was observed in IFN-γ in diabetic-hypercholesterolemic patients. No cytokine change was observed in hypercholesterolemic subjects.

conclusionsOur study on monocytes of diabetic-hypercholesterolemic patients, showing a reduced AT1R but not AT2R expression during rosuvastatin treatment, suggests that statin therapy may modulate favorably the AT1-AT2 receptor balance in subjects with coexistent type 2 diabetes.

Indexed as

AgedDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2FemaleFluorobenzenesHumansHydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase InhibitorsHypercholesterolemiaMaleMiddle AgedMonocytesPyrimidinesReceptor, Angiotensin, Type 1Receptor, Angiotensin, Type 2Rosuvastatin CalciumSulfonamidesFluorobenzenesHydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase InhibitorsPyrimidinesReceptor, Angiotensin, Type 1Receptor, Angiotensin, Type 2Rosuvastatin CalciumSulfonamides

Identifiers

PMID23259529
PMCPMC3549933
OpenAlexW2162915043

What OpenQuestion holds

Textfull text, public
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.