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ArticleFrontiers in physiology2017

Metabolic Stress-Induced Activation of AMPK and Inhibition of Constitutive Phosphoproteins Controlling Smooth Muscle Contraction: Evidence for Smooth Muscle Fatigue?

Corey A Smith, Amy S Miner, Robert W Barbee, Paul H Ratz

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Article in Frontiers in physiology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 40% 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

6 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. MBNL loss of function in smooth muscle as a model for myotonic dystrophy associated gastrointestinal dysmotility.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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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

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Corey A SmithDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Virginia Commonwealth UniversityRichmond, VA, United States.
Amy S MinerDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Virginia Commonwealth UniversityRichmond, VA, United States.
Robert W BarbeeDepartments of Emergency Medicine and Physiology, Virginia Commonwealth UniversityRichmond, VA, United States.
Paul H RatzDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Virginia Commonwealth UniversityRichmond, VA, United States.
Virginia Commonwealth University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Metabolic stress diminishes smooth muscle contractile strength by a poorly defined mechanism. To test the hypothesis that metabolic stress activates a compensatory cell signaling program to reversibly downregulate contraction, arterial rings and bladder muscle strips

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Identifiers

PMID28943852
PMCPMC5596101
OpenAlexW2751393837

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