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ReviewPharmacological research2015

Chemerin: A comprehensive review elucidating the need for cardiovascular research.

David J Ferland, Stephanie W Watts

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Review in Pharmacological research, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 52 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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52citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
5.7field-weighted citation impact, top 4% 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

52 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 86 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. CHEMERIN AND FACTORS RELATED TO CARDIOVASCULAR RISK IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW.Revista paulista de pediatria : orgao oficial da Sociedade de Pediatria de Sao Paulo
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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 1 institution in 1 country.

David J FerlandMichigan State University, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, B445 Life Sciences, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA. Electronic address: dfer513@gmail.com.
Stephanie W WattsMichigan State University, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, B445 Life Sciences, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA. Electronic address: wattss@msu.edu.
Michigan State University · US

Funding

Chemerin As a Link Between Obesity and Blood PressureR01HL117847 · NHLBI · MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY · PI WATTS, STEPHANIE W · 2014 to 2017
$1.7M
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL117847
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

When chemerin was discovered in 1997, it was relegated to being a protein associated with the normal skin function contrasting the setting of psoriasis. However, with the discovery of multiple receptors for the chemerin protein and a vast collection of associations with various pathologies, chemerin has global influence capable of regulating chemotactic, adipokine, autocrine/paracrine, adipogenic, angiogenic, and reproductive functions. These individual abilities of chemerin are important for understanding its basic pharmacology and physiology, but application of these principles to human pathology relies on the ability of scientists and physicians to view this protein from a much wider, all-encompassing angle. A global participant in the action of chemerin is the cardiovascular system (CVS). Although the CVS may not have as many direct interactions (e.g. smooth muscle in endothelium) with chemerin as it does indirect (e.g. chemerin activation in the lumen by proteases), our basic understanding of the CVS and its relation to chemerin is necessary to form a proper grasp of its individual actions and make the applications to pathology. This review provides a fundamental, yet comprehensive review of chemerin that inherently identifies the CVS as a necessary link between chemerin and its associated pathologies, but also calls for basic cardiovascular research as the solution to this chasm between knowledge and application.

Indexed as

AnimalsCardiovascular SystemChemokinesHumansIntercellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsResearchChemokinesIntercellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsCardiovascular systemChemerinPathologyPharmacologyPhysiology

Identifiers

PMID26211950
PMCPMC4859430
OpenAlexW1787941532

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