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ArticleFrontiers in pharmacology2017

Simvastatin Promotes Cardiac Myocyte Relaxation in Association with Phosphorylation of Troponin I.

David A MacDougall, Sara D Pugh, Harpreet S Bassi, Sabine Lotteau, Karen E Porter, Sarah Calaghan

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Article in Frontiers in pharmacology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 33% 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

3 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

David A MacDougallSchool of Biomedical Sciences, University of LeedsLeeds, UK.
Sara D PughSchool of Biomedical Sciences, University of LeedsLeeds, UK.
Harpreet S BassiSchool of Biomedical Sciences, University of LeedsLeeds, UK.
Sabine LotteauSchool of Biomedical Sciences, University of LeedsLeeds, UK.
Karen E PorterLeeds Institute of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine, University of LeedsLeeds, UK.
Sarah CalaghanSchool of Biomedical Sciences, University of LeedsLeeds, UK.
University of Leeds · GB

Funding

British Heart Foundation PG/09/051/27828
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The number of people taking statins is set to increase across the globe due to recent changes in prescription guidelines. For example, half the US population over 40 is now eligible for these drugs, whether they have high serum cholesterol or not. With such development in policy comes a stronger need for understanding statins' myriad of effects. Surprisingly little is known about possible direct actions of statins on cardiac myocytes, although claims of a direct myocardial toxicity have been made. Here, we determine the impact of simvastatin administration (40 mg/kg/day) for 2 weeks in normocholesterolemic rats on cardiac myocyte contractile function and identify an underlying mechanism. Under basal conditions, statin treatment increased the time to half (

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cardiaccaveolindiastolelusitropynitric oxidepleiotropystatin

Identifiers

PMID28469574
PMCPMC5395572
OpenAlexW2606765517

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