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SynthesisInternational journal of molecular sciences2017

Telomere Biology and Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm.

Thomas Aschacher, Olivia Salameh, Florian Enzmann, Barbara Messner, Michael Bergmann

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Synthesis in International journal of molecular sciences, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
13citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.5field-weighted citation impact, top 11% 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

13 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 43 citations in OpenAlex.

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  13. The genetics and biomechanics of thoracic aortic diseases.Vascular biology (Bristol, England) · 2019
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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

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Thomas AschacherCardiac Surgery Research Laboratory, Department of Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, 1090 Vienna, Austria. thomas.aschacher@meduniwien.ac.at.ORCID 0000-0003-3373-8194
Olivia SalamehPlastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, 1090 Vienna, Austria. olivia.salameh@meduniwien.ac.at.ORCID 0000-0002-2321-156X
Florian EnzmannDepartment of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Paracelsius Medical University, Muellner Hauptstrasse 48, 5020 Salzburg, Austria. f.kenzmann@gmail.com.
Barbara MessnerCardiac Surgery Research Laboratory, Department of Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, 1090 Vienna, Austria. barbara.messner@meduniwien.ac.at.
Michael BergmannSurgical Research Laboratories, Department of Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, 1090 Vienna, Austria. michael.bergmann@meduniwien.ac.at.ORCID 0000-0001-8529-1166
Medical University of Vienna · ATComprehensive Cancer Center Vienna · ATParacelsus Medical University · AT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ascending aortic aneurysms are mostly asymptomatic and present a great risk of aortic dissection or perforation. Consequently, ascending aortic aneurysms are a source of lethality with increased age. Biological aging results in progressive attrition of telomeres, which are the repetitive DNA sequences at the end of chromosomes. These telomeres play an important role in protection of genomic DNA from end-to-end fusions. Telomere maintenance and telomere attrition-associated senescence of endothelial and smooth muscle cells have been indicated to be part of the pathogenesis of degenerative vascular diseases. This systematic review provides an overview of telomeres, telomere-associated proteins and telomerase to the formation and progression of aneurysms of the thoracic ascending aorta. A better understanding of telomere regulation in the vascular pathology might provide new therapeutic approaches. Measurements of telomere length and telomerase activity could be potential prognostic biomarkers for increased risk of death in elderly patients suffering from an aortic aneurysm.

Indexed as

Telomere ShorteningAgingAnimalsAortic Aneurysm, ThoracicBiomarkersDNAHumansMiceRatsRisk FactorsTelomeraseTelomereBiomarkersDNATelomeraseagingaortic aneurysmtelomerasetelomere maintenance mechanismtelomeres

Identifiers

PMID29267201
PMCPMC5795955
OpenAlexW2780821586

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Registered trials

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