Evidence map›Paper›PMID 29427515›Full record

ReviewThe Journal of physiology2018

Injury, repair, inflammation and metaplasia in the stomach.

Anne R Meyer, James R Goldenring

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Review in The Journal of physiology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 80 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
80citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
7.8field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

80 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 129 citations in OpenAlex.

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  8. Recent advances in spasmolytic polypeptide expressing metaplasia research.World journal of gastrointestinal oncology · 2026
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  17. Pyroptosis in gastric mucosal injury‑related diseases (Review).International journal of molecular medicine · 2025
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20 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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 1 institution in 1 country.

Anne R MeyerDepartment of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5668-6756
James R GoldenringNashville VA Medical Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7833-2940
Vanderbilt University · US

Funding

Translational Analysis CoreP30DK058404 · NIDDK · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI RICHARD M. PEEK · 2002 to 2026
$29.9M
Induction and Evolution of Metaplasia in the StomachR01DK101332 · NIDDK · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI Eunyoung Choi, James Richard Goldenring · 2014 to 2026
$5.9M
Innate immune cell regulation of metaplasia in the stomachF31DK117592 · NIDDK · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI MEYER, ANNE R. · 2018 to 2020
$66k
Oxyntic Atrophy and Novel Gastric Lineages.I01BX000930 · VA · VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION · PI GOLDENRING, JAMES RICHARD · 2011 to 2025
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BLRD VA I01 BX000930NIDDK NIH HHS F31 DK117592NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK058404NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK101332
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The development of intestinal-type gastric cancer is preceded by the emergence of metaplastic cell lineages in the gastric mucosa. In particular, intestinal metaplasia and spasmolytic polypeptide-expressing metaplasia (SPEM) have been associated with the pathological progression to intestinal-type gastric cancer. The development of SPEM represents a physiological response to damage that recruits reparative cells to sites of mucosal injury. Metaplastic cell lineages are characterized by mucus secretion, adding a protective barrier to the epithelium. Increasing evidence indicates that the influence of alarmins and cytokines is required to initiate the process of metaplasia development. In particular, IL-33 derived from epithelial cells stimulates IL-13 production by specialized innate immune cells to induce chief cell transdifferentiation into SPEM following the loss of parietal cells from the corpus of the stomach. While SPEM represents a physiological healing response to acute injury, persistent injury and chronic inflammation can perpetuate a recurring pattern of reprogramming and metaplasia that is a risk factor for gastric cancer development. The transdifferentiation of zymogen secreting cells into mucous cell metaplasia may represent both a general repair mechanism in response to mucosal injury in many epithelia as well as a common pre-neoplastic pathway associated with chronic injury and inflammation.

Indexed as

AnimalsHumansInflammationIntercellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsInterleukin-13IntestinesMetaplasiaParietal Cells, GastricStomachIntercellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsInterleukin-13spasmolytic polypeptideIL-13IL-33macrophage polarizationspasmolytic polypeptide-expressing metaplasiaSPEMST2transdifferentiation

Identifiers

PMID29427515
PMCPMC6117566
OpenAlexW2794716517

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