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ReviewNature2016

Angiocrine functions of organ-specific endothelial cells.

Shahin Rafii, Jason M Butler, Bi-Sen Ding

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Review in Nature, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 566 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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566citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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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

566 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. Endovascular biopsy in neurointerventional surgery: A systematic review.Interventional neuroradiology : journal of peritherapeutic neuroradiology, surgical procedures and related neurosciences · 2026
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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

3 authors.

Shahin RafiiAnsary Stem Cell Institute, Department of Medicine, Division of Regenerative Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, 1300 York Avenue, New York, New York 10065, USA.
Jason M ButlerAnsary Stem Cell Institute, Department of Medicine, Division of Regenerative Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, 1300 York Avenue, New York, New York 10065, USA.
Bi-Sen DingAnsary Stem Cell Institute, Department of Medicine, Division of Regenerative Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, 1300 York Avenue, New York, New York 10065, USA.

Funding

The Proneural Perivascular Niche and Therapeutic ResponseU54CA163167 · NCI · SLOAN-KETTERING INST CAN RESEARCH · PI HUSE, JASON · 2011 to 2015
$4.6M
Evaluation of Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Blood Cells in Nonhuman Primate ModelR01HL115128 · NHLBI · FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER · PI KIEM, HANS-PETER, RAFII, SHAHIN · 2013 to 2016
$3.3M
Deciphering molecular determinants of vascular heterogeneity for organ repairR01HL128158 · NHLBI · WEILL MEDICAL COLL OF CORNELL UNIV · PI RAFII, SHAHIN · 2014 to 2018
$3.1M
Identification of vascular-derived signals for alveolar lung repairR01HL119872 · NHLBI · WEILL MEDICAL COLL OF CORNELL UNIV · PI RAFII, SHAHIN · 2013 to 2016
$2.3M
Identification of vascular inductive signals in liver regenerationR01DK095039 · NIDDK · WEILL MEDICAL COLL OF CORNELL UNIV · PI RAFII, SHAHIN · 2012 to 2016
$2.2M
Howard Hughes Medical InstituteNCI NIH HHS U54 CA163167NCI NIH HHS U54CA163167NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL115128NHLBI NIH HHS R01HL115128NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL119872NHLBI NIH HHS R01HL119872NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL128158NHLBI NIH HHS R01HL128158NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK095039NIDDK NIH HHS R01DK095039
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Endothelial cells that line capillaries are not just passive conduits for delivering blood. Tissue-specific endothelium establishes specialized vascular niches that deploy sets of growth factors, known as angiocrine factors. These cues participate actively in the induction, specification, patterning and guidance of organ regeneration, as well as in the maintainance of homeostasis and metabolism. When upregulated following injury, they orchestrate self-renewal and differentiation of tissue-specific resident stem and progenitor cells into functional organs. Uncovering the mechanisms by which organotypic endothelium distributes physiological levels of angiocrine factors both spatially and temporally will lay the foundation for clinical trials that promote organ repair without scarring.

Indexed as

Neovascularization, PhysiologicParacrine CommunicationAnimalsCapillariesCell DifferentiationCell Self RenewalEndothelial CellsHomeostasisHumansLiver CirrhosisLungOrgan SpecificityOsteogenesisRegeneration

Identifiers

PMID26791722
PMCPMC4878406

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