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ReviewAmerican journal of physiology. Renal physiology2013

Tumor necrosis factor-α: regulation of renal function and blood pressure.

Vanesa D Ramseyer, Jeffrey L Garvin

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Review in American journal of physiology. Renal physiology, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 88 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
88citing papers in PubMed
6.6field-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

88 citing papers in PubMed, 177 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 1 country.

Vanesa D RamseyerHypertension and Vascular Research Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI 48202, USA. vramsey1@hfhs.org
Jeffrey L Garvin
Case Western Reserve University · USHenry Ford Hospital · US

Funding

VASOACTIVE HORMONES IN THE REGULATION OF BLOOD PRESSUREP01HL028982 · NHLBI · HENRY FORD HOSPITAL · PI ORTIZ, PABLO A. · 1985 to 2017
$39.8M
Tubuloglomerular Feedback Regulation by Carbon MonoxideP01HL090550 · NHLBI · HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM · PI ORTIZ, PABLO A. · 2009 to 2013
$10.2M
Salt-Sensitive Hypertension: Role of Renal SuperoxideR01HL070985 · NHLBI · HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM · PI Jeffrey L. Garvin · 2002 to 2026
$6.3M
NHLBI NIH HHS HL-028982NHLBI NIH HHS HL-070985NHLBI NIH HHS HL-090550NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL070985
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) is a pleiotropic cytokine that becomes elevated in chronic inflammatory states such as hypertension and diabetes and has been found to mediate both increases and decreases in blood pressure. High levels of TNF-α decrease blood pressure, whereas moderate increases in TNF-α have been associated with increased NaCl retention and hypertension. The explanation for these disparate effects is not clear but could simply be due to different concentrations of TNF-α within the kidney, the physiological status of the subject, or the type of stimulus initiating the inflammatory response. TNF-α alters renal hemodynamics and nephron transport, affecting both activity and expression of transporters. It also mediates organ damage by stimulating immune cell infiltration and cell death. Here we will summarize the available findings and attempt to provide plausible explanations for such discrepancies.

Indexed as

AnimalsBlood PressureHemodynamicsHumansHypertensionKidneyTumor Necrosis Factor-alphaTumor Necrosis Factor-alphablood pressurehypertensionnatriuresisrenal hemodynamicsseptic shockTNF receptorTNF-αtransport

Identifiers

PMID23515717
PMCPMC3651627
OpenAlexW2125068393

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