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ArticleMethods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.)2015

The emerging prominence of the cardiac mast cell as a potent mediator of adverse myocardial remodeling.

Joseph S Janicki, Gregory L Brower, Scott P Levick

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Article in Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.), 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 43 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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43citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

43 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 75 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Joseph S JanickiDepartment of Cell Biology and Anatomy, School of Medicine, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, 29208, USA, Joseph.Janicki@uscmed.sc.edu.
Gregory L Brower
Scott P Levick
University of South Carolina · USMedical College of Wisconsin · US

Funding

CARDIAC MAST CELL--ROLE IN PATHOGENESIS OF HEART FAILURER01HL062228 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA AT COLUMBIA · PI JANICKI, JOSEPH S · 1999 to 2007
$2.8M
Sexual hormones, cardiac mast cells and cardioprotectionR01HL073990 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA AT COLUMBIA · PI JANICKI, JOSEPH S · 2004 to 2007
$1.5M
MYOCARDIAL INTEGRINS AND VENTRICULAR REMODELINGR01HL059981 · NHLBI · AUBURN UNIVERSITY AT AUBURN · PI JANICKI, JOSEPH S · 1999 to 2002
$1.2M
Neuro-immune Modulation of Cardiac Mast Cell-Mediated Myocardial RemodelingR00HL093215 · NHLBI · MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN · PI LEVICK, SCOTT P · 2011 to 2013
$709k
Development of a Long-term, Working Cardiovascular Tissue Slice CultureR21HL089483 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA AT COLUMBIA · PI JANICKI, JOSEPH S · 2010 to 2011
$377k
NHLBI NIH HHS R00 HL093215NHLBI NIH HHS R00-HL-093215NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL062228NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL073990NHLBI NIH HHS R01-HL-59981NHLBI NIH HHS R01-HL-62228NHLBI NIH HHS R21 HL089483NHLBI NIH HHS R21-HL-089483
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cardiac mast cells store and release a variety of biologically active mediators, several of which have been implicated in the activation of matrix metalloproteinases in the volume-overloaded heart, while others are involved in the fibrotic process in pressure-overloaded hearts. Increased numbers of mast cells have been reported in explanted human hearts with dilated cardiomyopathy and in animal models of experimentally induced hypertension, myocardial infarction, and chronic cardiac volume overload. Also, there is evolving evidence implicating the cardiac mast cell as having a major role in the adverse remodeling underlying these cardiovascular disorders. Thus, the cardiac mast cell is the focus of this chapter that begins with a historical background, followed by sections on methods for their isolation and characterization, endogenous secretagogues, phenotype, and ability of estrogen to alter their phenotype so as to provide cardioprotection. Finally the role of mast cells in myocardial remodeling secondary to a sustained cardiac volume overload, hypertension, and ischemic injury and future research directions are discussed.

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AnimalsCell SeparationHeart DiseasesHumansMast CellsMyocardiumVentricular Remodeling

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PMID25388248
PMCPMC4422981
OpenAlexW2396923175

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