Evidence map›Paper›PMID 24474961›Full record

ReviewJournal of biomedical research2014

Extracellular matrix synthesis in vascular disease: hypertension, and atherosclerosis.

Markella Ponticos, Barbara D Smith

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Review in Journal of biomedical research, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 73 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
73citing papers in PubMed
7.3field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

73 citing papers in PubMed, 141 citations in OpenAlex.

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  13. Vascular Extracellular Matrix in Atherosclerosis.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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  18. The Senescent Heart-"Age Doth Wither Its Infinite Variety".International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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13 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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 2 countries.

Markella PonticosCentre for Rheumatology & Connective Tissue Diseases, Division of Medicine-Inflammation, Royal Free & University College Medical School, University College London, London NW3 2PF, UK;
Barbara D SmithDepartment of Biochemistry, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, USA.
Boston University · USThe Royal Free Hospital · GB

Funding

British Heart Foundation PG/11/92/29126
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Extracellular matrix (ECM) within the vascular network provides both a structural and regulatory role. The ECM is a dynamic composite of multiple proteins that form structures connecting cells within the network. Blood vessels are distended by blood pressure and, therefore, require ECM components with elasticity yet with enough tensile strength to resist rupture. The ECM is involved in conducting mechanical signals to cells. Most importantly, ECM regulates cellular function through chemical signaling by controlling activation and bioavailability of the growth factors. Cells respond to ECM by remodeling their microenvironment which becomes dysregulated in vascular diseases such hypertension, restenosis and atherosclerosis. This review examines the cellular and ECM components of vessels, with specific emphasis on the regulation of collagen type I and implications in vascular disease.

Indexed as

extracellular matrixvascular disease

Identifiers

PMID24474961
PMCPMC3904172
OpenAlexW2153233529

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Registered trials

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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.