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ArticleAmerican journal of physiology. Lung cellular and molecular physiology2018

Autophagy and the unfolded protein response promote profibrotic effects of TGF-β

Saeid Ghavami, Behzad Yeganeh, Amir A Zeki, Shahla Shojaei, Nicholas J Kenyon, Sean Ott, Afshin Samali, John Patterson, Javad Alizadeh, Adel Rezaei Moghadam and 6 more

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Article in American journal of physiology. Lung cellular and molecular physiology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 73 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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73citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
8.4field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

73 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 145 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

16 authors at 8 institutions in 4 countries.

Saeid GhavamiDepartment of Human Anatomy and Cell Science, University of Manitoba, Manitoba, Canada.
Behzad YeganehBiology of Breathing Group, Children's Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba, Manitoba, Canada.
Amir A ZekiDepartment of Internal Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, University of California , Davis, California.
Shahla ShojaeiDepartment of Human Anatomy and Cell Science, University of Manitoba, Manitoba, Canada.
Nicholas J KenyonDepartment of Internal Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, University of California , Davis, California.
Sean OttDepartment of Internal Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, University of California , Davis, California.
Afshin SamaliApoptosis Research Centre, National University of Ireland , Galway , Ireland.
John PattersonMannkind Corporation, Westlake Village, California.
Javad AlizadehDepartment of Human Anatomy and Cell Science, University of Manitoba, Manitoba, Canada.
Adel Rezaei MoghadamDepartment of Human Anatomy and Cell Science, University of Manitoba, Manitoba, Canada.
Ian M C DixonDepartment of Physiology and Pathophysiology, University of Manitoba, Manitoba, Canada.
Helmut UnruhDepartment of Internal Medicine, University of Manitoba, Manitoba, Canada.
Darryl A KnightSchool of Biomedical Science and Pharmacy, University of Newcastle , Newcastle , Australia.
Martin PostDepartment of Physiology and Experimental Medicine, University of Toronto , Toronto , Canada.
Thomas KlonischDepartment of Human Anatomy and Cell Science, University of Manitoba, Manitoba, Canada.
Andrew J HalaykoBiology of Breathing Group, Children's Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba, Manitoba, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-7865-4552
Children's Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba · CAUniversity of California, Davis · USUniversity of Manitoba · CASt. Boniface Hospital · CAUniversity of Toronto · CAMannKind Corporation (United States) · USOllscoil na Gaillimhe – University of Galway · IEUniversity of Newcastle Australia · AU

Funding

The Modulation of Eotaxin Expression by Statins: Implications for Asthma TherapyK08HL114882 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVIS · PI ZEKI, AMIR A. · 2014 to 2016
$435k
NHLBI NIH HHS K08 HL114882
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a lethal fibrotic lung disease in adults with limited treatment options. Autophagy and the unfolded protein response (UPR), fundamental processes induced by cell stress, are dysregulated in lung fibroblasts and epithelial cells from humans with IPF. Human primary cultured lung parenchymal and airway fibroblasts from non-IPF and IPF donors were stimulated with transforming growth factor-β

Indexed as

AutophagyUnfolded Protein ResponseCase-Control StudiesCollagen Type IFibroblastsFibronectinsHumansIdiopathic Pulmonary FibrosisLungSignal TransductionTransforming Growth Factor beta1Collagen Type IFibronectinsFN1 protein, humanTGFB1 protein, humanTransforming Growth Factor beta1IRE1pulmonary fibrosisspliced XBP1transforming growth factor-β1

Identifiers

PMID29074489
PMCPMC5900356
OpenAlexW2766638261

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