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ReviewJournal of cellular and molecular medicine2017

Endothelial glycocalyx as a critical signalling platform integrating the extracellular haemodynamic forces and chemical signalling.

Ye Zeng

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Review in Journal of cellular and molecular medicine, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 68 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
68citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
7.7field-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

68 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 120 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Endothelial Surface Glycocalyx in Vascular Functions and Diseases.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2026
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  16. Physical principles and mechanisms of cell migration.npj biological physics and mechanics · 2025
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8 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

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ye ZengInstitute of Biomedical Engineering, School of Preclinical and Forensic Medicine, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Sichuan University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The glycocalyx covers the human mammalian cells and plays important roles in stroke, inflammation and atherosclerosis. It has also been shown to be involved in endothelial mechanotransduction of shear stress. Shear stress induces the remodelling of the major component of the glycocalyx including glypican-1, a cell membrane heparan sulphate proteoglycan. Other factors, such as sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P), protect the glycocalyx against syndecan-1 ectodomain shedding and induce the synthesis of heparan sulphate. In this study, we reviewed the role of shear stress and S1P in glycocalyx remodelling and revealed that the glycocalyx is a critical signalling platform, integrating the extracellular haemodynamic forces and chemical signalling, such as S1P, for determining the fate of endothelial cells and vascular diseases. This review integrated our current understanding of the structure and function of the glycocalyx and provided new insight into the role of the glycocalyx that might be helpful for investigating the underlying biological mechanisms in certain human diseases, such as atherosclerosis.

Indexed as

Mechanotransduction, CellularAnimalsAtherosclerosisCell MembraneCytokinesEndothelial CellsGene Expression RegulationGlycocalyxGlypicansHemodynamicsHumansLysophospholipidsSphingosineStress, MechanicalSyndecansCytokinesGlypicansLysophospholipidsSphingosinesphingosine 1-phosphateSyndecansglycocalyxshear stresssphingosine-1-phosphate

Identifiers

PMID28211170
PMCPMC5542909
OpenAlexW2588758100

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