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GuidelineAmerican journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology2018

Guidelines for authors and reviewers on antibody use in physiology studies.

Heddwen L Brooks, Merry L Lindsey

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Guideline in American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 54 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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54citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
4.6field-weighted citation impact, top 4% 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

54 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 78 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Guidelines for in vivo mouse models of myocardial infarction.American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology · 2021
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  8. pH-sensing GPR68 inhibits vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation through Rap1A.American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology · 2024
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  10. Guidelines on antibody use in physiology research.American journal of physiology. Renal physiology · 2024
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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

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Heddwen L BrooksDepartment of Physiology, Pharmacology and Medicine, Sarver Heart Center, College of Medicine, University of Arizona , Tucson, Arizona.
Merry L LindseyMississippi Center for Heart Research, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Mississippi Medical Center , Jackson, Mississippi.ORCID 0000-0002-4090-0391
Jackson Memorial Hospital · USUniversity of Arizona · US

Funding

STRUCTURAL VASCULAR ADAPTATION OF THE MICROCIRCULATIONP01HL051971 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER · PI RECKELHOFF, JANE F · 1993 to 2018
$39.4M
Tracking and Evaluation CoreU54GM115428 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MED CTR · PI GRANGER, JOEY P. · 2016 to 2025
$38.2M
SOUTHWEST ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES CENTERP30ES006694 · NIEHS · UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA · PI George S Watts · 1994 to 2026
$36.7M
The role of leptin in autoimmune-associated hypertensionP20GM104357 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MED CTR · PI HALL, JOHN E · 2013 to 2022
$23.4M
T Cell-Mediated Regulation of Blood pressure In Postmenopausal HypertensionR01HL131834 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA · PI BROOKS, HEDDWEN L · 2017 to 2020
$1.5M
NHLBI NIH HHS P01 HL051971NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL131834NIEHS NIH HHS P30 ES006694NIGMS NIH HHS P20 GM104357NIGMS NIH HHS U54 GM115428
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Antibody use is a critical component of cardiovascular physiology research, and antibodies are used to monitor protein abundance (immunoblot analysis) and protein expression and localization (in tissue by immunohistochemistry and in cells by immunocytochemistry). With ongoing discussions on how to improve reproducibility and rigor, the goal of this review is to provide best practice guidelines regarding how to optimize antibody use for increased rigor and reproducibility in both immunoblot analysis and immunohistochemistry approaches. Listen to this article's corresponding podcast at http://ajpheart.podbean.com/e/guidelines-on-antibody-use-in-physiology-studies/ .

Indexed as

AnimalsAntibodiesAntibody SpecificityAuthorshipBiomedical ResearchConsensusData AccuracyHumansImmunoblottingImmunohistochemistryObserver VariationPeriodicals as TopicPhysiologyQuality ControlReproducibility of ResultsAntibodiesantibodyimmunoblot analysisimmunoblottingimmunohistochemistryrigor and reproducibility

Identifiers

PMID29351459
PMCPMC6048465
OpenAlexW2781963526

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