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ArticleThe Journal of physiology2017

Inwardly rectifying K

Sang Joon Ahn, Ibra S Fancher, Jing-Tan Bian, Chong Xu Zhang, Sarah Schwab, Robert Gaffin, Shane A Phillips, Irena Levitan

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Article in The Journal of physiology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 63 papers.

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63citing papers in PubMed
4.7field-weighted citation impact, top 5% 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.

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

63 citing papers in PubMed, 100 citations in OpenAlex.

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  12. Integrating molecular and cellular components of endothelial shear stress mechanotransduction.American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology · 2024
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  15. Visceral adipose of obese mice inhibits endothelial inwardly rectifying KAmerican journal of physiology. Cell physiology · 2024
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  18. Mechanosensing by Vascular Endothelium.Annual review of physiology · 2024
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  19. Electro-metabolic signaling.The Journal of general physiology · 2024
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  20. Mechanosensory entities and functionality of endothelial cells.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2024
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3 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sang Joon AhnDepartment of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep and Allergy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Ibra S FancherDepartment of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep and Allergy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Jing-Tan BianDepartment of Physical Therapy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Chong Xu ZhangDepartment of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep and Allergy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Sarah SchwabDepartment of Physical Therapy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Robert GaffinDepartment of Physiology, Physiology Core Lab, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Shane A PhillipsDepartment of Physical Therapy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Irena LevitanDepartment of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep and Allergy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3072-6497
University of Illinois Chicago · US

Funding

Cholesterol Regulation of Endothelial K+ ChannelsR01HL073965 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI LEVITAN, IRENA · 2004 to 2024
$7.3M
Impact of dyslipidemia on endothelial biomechanicsR01HL083298 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO · PI LEVITAN, IRENA, MINSHALL, RICHARD D · 2007 to 2021
$7.0M
Diabetes, Nutrition and Obesity Research Training ProgramT32DK080674 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO · PI UNTERMAN, TERRY G. · 2010 to 2014
$806k
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL073965NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL083298NIDDK NIH HHS T32 DK080674
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

key pointsEndothelial inwardly rectifying K ABSTRACT: Inwardly rectifying K

Indexed as

AdultAnimalsEndothelial CellsHumansMaleMesenteric ArteriesMice, TransgenicMicrovesselsMiddle AgedPotassium Channels, Inwardly RectifyingVasodilationKir2.1 channelPotassium Channels, Inwardly Rectifyingendothelial cellsflow-induced vasodilationK+ channels

Identifiers

PMID27859264
PMCPMC5374117
OpenAlexW2552728276

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