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ArticleThe Journal of biological chemistry2017

Arjunolic acid, a peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor α agonist, regresses cardiac fibrosis by inhibiting non-canonical TGF-β signaling.

Trisha Bansal, Emeli Chatterjee, Jasdeep Singh, Arjun Ray, Bishwajit Kundu, V Thankamani, Shantanu Sengupta, Sagartirtha Sarkar

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Article in The Journal of biological chemistry, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 37 papers.

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37citing papers in PubMed
3.7field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

37 citing papers in PubMed, 56 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Trisha BansalFrom the Genetics and Molecular Cardiology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Calcutta, 35 Ballygunge Circular Road, Kolkata 700019, West Bengal.
Emeli ChatterjeeFrom the Genetics and Molecular Cardiology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Calcutta, 35 Ballygunge Circular Road, Kolkata 700019, West Bengal.
Jasdeep Singhthe Kusuma School of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi-110016.
Arjun Raythe Genomics and Molecular Medicine Unit, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, Sukhdev Vihar, Mathura Road, New Delhi 110020, and.
Bishwajit Kunduthe Kusuma School of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi-110016.
V Thankamanithe Department of Biotechnology, University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram 695014, Kerala, India.
Shantanu Senguptathe Genomics and Molecular Medicine Unit, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, Sukhdev Vihar, Mathura Road, New Delhi 110020, and.
Sagartirtha SarkarFrom the Genetics and Molecular Cardiology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Calcutta, 35 Ballygunge Circular Road, Kolkata 700019, West Bengal, sagartirtha.sarkar@gmail.com.
University of Calcutta · INIndian Institute of Technology Delhi · INCouncil of Scientific and Industrial Research · INInstitute of Genomics and Integrative Biology · INUniversity of Kerala · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cardiac hypertrophy and associated heart fibrosis remain a major cause of death worldwide. Phytochemicals have gained attention as alternative therapeutics for managing cardiovascular diseases. These include the extract from the plant

Indexed as

AnimalsCardiomegalyCollagenFibrosisMaleMAP Kinase Kinase Kinase 7MAP Kinase Kinase KinasesMAP Kinase Signaling SystemMyocardiump38 Mitogen-Activated Protein KinasesPPAR alphaRatsRats, WistarTranscription Factor RelATransforming Growth Factor betaTriterpenesarjunolic acidCollagenMAP Kinase Kinase Kinase 7MAP Kinase Kinase Kinasesp38 Mitogen-Activated Protein KinasesPPAR alphaRela protein, ratTranscription Factor RelATransforming Growth Factor betaTriterpenesangiotensin IIarjunolic acidcardiac hypertrophycollagenfibroblastfibrosisheart failureperoxisome proliferator-activated receptor α (PPARα)TGF-β-activated kinase 1 (TAK1)transforming growth factor-β (TGF-B)

Identifiers

PMID28821620
PMCPMC5633106
OpenAlexW2748464056

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