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ReviewCurrent hypertension reports2016

Emerging Role of Nitric Oxide and Heat Shock Proteins in Insulin Resistance.

Marisa Nile Molina, León Ferder, Walter Manucha

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Review in Current hypertension reports, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 97 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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97citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
7.4field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

97 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 209 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

3 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Marisa Nile MolinaCátedra de Química Orgánica II, Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, Universidad Juan Agustín Maza, Mendoza, Argentina.
León FerderDepartment of Physiology and Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Puerto Rico University, San Juan, PR, USA.
Walter ManuchaÁrea de Farmacología, Departamento de Patología, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Universidad Nacional de Cuyo Centro Universitario, CP: 5500, Mendoza, Argentina. wmanucha@yahoo.com.ar.
Juan Agustín Maza University · ARUniversidad Nacional de Cuyo · ARUniversity of Puerto Rico System · PR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Insulin resistance (IR) is present in pathologies such as diabetes, obesity, metabolic syndrome, impaired glucose tolerance, hypertension, inflammation, cardiac disease, and dyslipidemias. Population studies show that IR is multifactorial and has genetic components, such as defects in the insulin-signaling pathway (as serine phosphorylation on insulin substrate or decreased activation of signaling molecules) and RAS/MAPK-dependent pathways. IR is connected to mitochondrial dysfunction, overproduction of oxidants, accumulation of fat, and an over-activation of the renin-angiotensin system linked to the NADPH oxidase activity. In addition, nitric oxide (NO), synthesized by nitric oxide synthases (endothelial and inducible), is also associated with IR when both impaired release and reduced bioavailability of all which lead to inflammation and hypertension. However, increased NO may promote vasculoprotection. Moreover, reduced NO release induces heat shock protein 70 kDa (HSP70) expression in IR and diabetes, mediating beneficial effects against oxidative stress injury, inflammation and apoptosis. HSP70 may be used as biomarker of the chronicity of diabetes. Hsp72 (inducible protein) is linked to vascular complications with a high-fat diet by blocking inflammation signaling (cytoprotective and anti-cytotoxicity intracellular role). Elucidating the IR signaling pathways and the roles of NO and HSPs is relevant to the application of new treatments, such as heat shock and thermal therapy, nitrosylated drugs, chemical chaperones or exercise training.

Indexed as

Insulin ResistanceAnimalsDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2Heat-Shock ProteinsHumansNitric OxideOxidative StressVitamin DHeat-Shock ProteinsNitric OxideVitamin DHeat shock protein 70Insulin resistanceNitric oxideOxidative stressType-2 diabetes mellitusVitamin D

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PMID26694820
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