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GuidelineJournal of cardiovascular translational research2015

Guidelines for the isolation and characterization of murine vascular smooth muscle cells. A report from the International Society of Cardiovascular Translational Research.

Neeta Adhikari, Kadambari Chandra Shekar, Rodney Staggs, Zaw Win, Kerianne Steucke, Yi-Wei Lin, Li-Na Wei, Patrick Alford, Jennifer L Hall, International Society of Cardiovascular Translational Research

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Guideline in Journal of cardiovascular translational research, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers.

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27citing papers in PubMed
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

27 citing papers in PubMed, 42 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Neeta AdhikariDivision of Cardiology, Lillehei Heart Institute, Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, 4-138 CCRB, 2231 6th Street SE, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA.
Kadambari Chandra Shekar
Rodney Staggs
Zaw Win
Kerianne Steucke
Yi-Wei Lin
Li-Na Wei
Patrick Alford
Jennifer L Hall
International Society of Cardiovascular Translational Research
University of Minnesota · USMinneapolis Heart Institute Foundation · US

Funding

Studies of nuclear receptor corepressor, NRIP1, in vitamin A signaling pathwaysR01DK060521 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA TWIN CITIES · PI WEI, LI-NA · 2002 to 2022
$6.9M
TR2 NUCLEAR RECEPTOR IN VITAMIN A SIGNALING PATHWAYSR01DK054733 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA TWIN CITIES · PI WEI, LI-NA · 1999 to 2021
$5.7M
NIDDK NIH HHS DK54733NIDDK NIH HHS DK60521NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK054733NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK060521
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) play important roles in cardiovascular disorders and biology. Outlined in this paper is a step-by-step procedure for isolating aortic VSMCs from adult C57BL6J male mice by enzymatic digestion of the aorta using collagenase. The plating, culturing, and subculturing of the isolated cells are discussed in detail along with techniques to characterize VSMC phenotype by gene expression and immunofluorescence. Traction force microscopy was used to characterize contractility of single subcultured VSMCs at baseline.

Indexed as

ActinsAnimalsAortaBiomarkersCell Culture TechniquesCell ProliferationCells, CulturedCell SeparationCytoskeletal ProteinsGene Expression RegulationMaleMice, Inbred C57BLMicrofilament ProteinsMuscle ProteinsMuscle, Smooth, VascularMyocytes, Smooth MuscleActa2 protein, mouseActinsBiomarkersCytoskeletal ProteinsMicrofilament ProteinsMuscle ProteinsSmtn protein, mouseTagln protein, mouse

Identifiers

PMID25788147
PMCPMC5105830
OpenAlexW1973968003

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