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ReviewAmerican journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology2017

Transforming Growth Factor β1 Function in Airway Remodeling and Hyperresponsiveness. The Missing Link?

Christie A Ojiaku, Edwin J Yoo, Reynold A Panettieri

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Review in American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 82 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
82citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
8.2field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

82 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 126 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. A molecular systems architecture of asthma.Frontiers in immunology · 2026
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  15. Genomic Locus Tagged by Lung Function GWAS SNV rs12477314 (2q37.3) Acts as a Regulatory Region for a Systemic Inflammatory Phenotype.FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2025
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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 at 1 institution in 1 country.

Christie A Ojiaku1 Department of Systems Pharmacology and Translational Therapeutics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and.ORCID 0000-0002-2592-6710
Edwin J Yoo1 Department of Systems Pharmacology and Translational Therapeutics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and.
Reynold A Panettieri2 Rutgers Institute for Translational Medicine and Science, Child Health Institute, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey.
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey · US

Funding

Project 4 - OGR1- and TSPO- dependent mechanisms mediated by benzodiazepines affecting ASM contractionP01HL114471 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI LIGGETT, STEPHEN B · 2013 to 2023
$23.9M
PREDOCTORAL TRAINING PROGRAM IN PHARMACOLOGYT32GM008076 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI BLENDY, JULIE A · 1985 to 2023
$10.8M
NHLBI NIH HHS P01 HL114471NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM008076
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The pathogenesis of asthma includes a complex interplay among airway inflammation, hyperresponsiveness, and remodeling. Current evidence suggests that airway structural cells, including bronchial smooth muscle cells, myofibroblasts, fibroblasts, and epithelial cells, mediate all three aspects of asthma pathogenesis. Although studies show a connection between airway remodeling and changes in bronchomotor tone, the relationship between the two remains unclear. Transforming growth factor β1 (TGF-β1), a growth factor elevated in the airway of patients with asthma, plays a role in airway remodeling and in the shortening of various airway structural cells. However, the role of TGF-β1 in mediating airway hyperresponsiveness remains unclear. In this review, we summarize the literature addressing the role of TGF-β1 in airway remodeling and shortening. Through our review, we aim to further elucidate the role of TGF-β1 in asthma pathogenesis and the link between airway remodeling and airway hyperresponsiveness in asthma and to define TGF-β1 as a potential therapeutic target for reducing asthma morbidity and mortality.

Indexed as

Airway RemodelingAnimalsHumansLungModels, BiologicalMolecular Targeted TherapyRespiratory HypersensitivityTransforming Growth Factor beta1Transforming Growth Factor beta1airway epitheliumairway smooth musclebronchoconstrictioncontractioncytokines

Identifiers

PMID27854509
PMCPMC5449515
OpenAlexW2553229674

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