Evidence map›Paper›PMID 28667366›Full record

ReviewCancer metastasis reviews2017

Normal platelet function.

Michael Holinstat

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Review in Cancer metastasis reviews, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 218 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
218citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
12.2field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

218 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 460 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Michael HolinstatDepartment of Pharmacology, University of Michigan, 1150 West Medical Center Drive, 2220D MSRB III, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109-5632, USA. mholinst@umich.edu.
University of Michigan–Ann Arbor · US

Funding

Role of 12-lipoxygenase in platelet reactivity and type 2 diabetes mellitusR01HL114405 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI HOLINSTAT, MICHAEL ALLAN · 2013 to 2017
$1.9M
12-HETrE regulation of plateletsR01GM105671 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI HOLINSTAT, MICHAEL ALLAN · 2013 to 2017
$1.6M
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL114405NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM105671
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Platelets play an important role in the vessel. Following their formation from megakaryocytes, platelets exist in circulation for 5-7 days and primarily function as regulators of hemostasis and thrombosis. Following vascular insult or injury, platelets become activated in the blood resulting in adhesion to the exposed extracellular matrix underlying the endothelium, formation of a platelet plug, and finally formation and consolidation of a thrombus consisting of both a core and shell. In pathological conditions, platelets are essential for formation of occlusive thrombus formation and as a result are the primary target for prevention of arterial thrombus formation. In addition to regulation of hemostasis in the vessel, platelets have also been shown to play an important role in innate immunity as well as regulation of tumor growth and extravasations in the vessel. These primary functions of the platelet represent its normal function and versatility in circulation.

Indexed as

AnimalsBlood PlateletsHemostasisHumansThrombosisBleedingCardiovascular diseaseHemostasisImmunitySignal transductionThrombosis

Identifiers

PMID28667366
PMCPMC5709181
OpenAlexW2730423879

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