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ReviewJournal of the American College of Cardiology2017

Improving Atrial Fibrillation Therapy: Is There a Gene for That?

William J Hucker, Alan Hanley, Patrick T Ellinor

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In one paragraph

Review in Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
12citing papers in PubMed
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 14% 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

12 citing papers in PubMed, 27 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
  2. Article
  3. Gene therapy for atrial fibrillation.Journal of molecular and cellular cardiology · 2024
    Review
  4. Article
  5. Article
  6. Article
  7. Recent advances in gene therapy for atrial fibrillation.Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology · 2021
    Review
  8. New Strategies for the Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021
    Review
  9. Potential Target Genes in the Development of Atrial Fibrillation: A Comprehensive Bioinformatics Analysis.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2021
    Article
  10. Atrial Myopathy Underlying Atrial Fibrillation.Arrhythmia & electrophysiology review · 2020
    Review
  11. Article
  12. Article
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.

William J HuckerCardiac Arrhythmia Service and Cardiovascular Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
Alan HanleyCardiac Arrhythmia Service and Cardiovascular Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
Patrick T EllinorCardiac Arrhythmia Service and Cardiovascular Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts. Electronic address: ellinor@mgh.harvard.edu.
Massachusetts General Hospital · US

Funding

IDENTIFICATION OF COMMON GENETIC VARIANTS FOR ATRIAL FIBRILLATION AND PR INTERVALR01HL092577 · NHLBI · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI BENJAMIN, EMELIA J., ELLINOR, PATRICK THOMAS · 2009 to 2025
$20.6M
MULTIDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH TRAINING IN CARDIOLOGYT32HL007208 · NHLBI · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI Patrick Thomas Ellinor, David E Sosnovik · 1985 to 2026
$16.1M
AFGen Consortium: Atrial Fibrillation Genomics to Functional AnalysesR01HL128914 · NHLBI · BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CAMPUS · PI BENJAMIN, EMELIA J., ELLINOR, PATRICK THOMAS · 2015 to 2018
$3.1M
Mentoring in Arrhythmia ResearchK24HL105780 · NHLBI · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI ELLINOR, PATRICK THOMAS · 2011 to 2020
$1.2M
NHLBI NIH HHS K24 HL105780NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL092577NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL128914NHLBI NIH HHS T32 HL007208
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is an all-too-common and often challenging reality of clinical care. AF leads to significant morbidity and mortality; however, currently available treatments for AF have modest efficacy and high recurrence rates. In recent years, genetic therapy approaches have been explored in preclinical models of AF, and offer potential as a treatment modality with targeted delivery, tissue specificity, and therapy tailored to address mechanisms underlying the arrhythmia. However, many challenges remain before gene therapy can advance to a clinically relevant AF treatment. In this review, we summarize the available published data on gene therapy and discuss the challenges, opportunities, and limitations of this approach.

Indexed as

Genetic TherapyAtrial FibrillationHumansaction potentialsantagomirsgene therapygenetic locigenetic predisposition to diseasemicroRNAs

Identifiers

PMID28427583
PMCPMC5407466
OpenAlexW2606962690

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