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ArticleAmerican journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology2018

Minoxidil improves vascular compliance, restores cerebral blood flow, and alters extracellular matrix gene expression in a model of chronic vascular stiffness.

Russell H Knutsen, Scott C Beeman, Thomas J Broekelmann, Delong Liu, Kit Man Tsang, Attila Kovacs, Li Ye, Joshua R Danback, Anderson Watson, Amanda Wardlaw and 4 more

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Article 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 37 papers.

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37citing papers in PubMed
3.4field-weighted citation impact, top 6% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

37 citing papers in PubMed, 59 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Russell H KnutsenNational Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health , Bethesda, Maryland.
Scott C BeemanDepartment of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine , St. Louis, Missouri.
Thomas J BroekelmannDepartment of Cell Biology and Physiology, Washington University School of Medicine , St. Louis, Missouri.
Delong LiuNational Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health , Bethesda, Maryland.
Kit Man TsangNational Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health , Bethesda, Maryland.
Attila KovacsDepartment of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine , St. Louis, Missouri.
Li YeDepartment of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine , St. Louis, Missouri.
Joshua R DanbackDepartment of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine , St. Louis, Missouri.
Anderson WatsonNational Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health , Bethesda, Maryland.
Amanda WardlawNational Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health , Bethesda, Maryland.
Jessica E WagenseilDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis , St. Louis, Missouri; Department of Pediatrics, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, D.C.
Joel R GarbowDepartment of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine , St. Louis, Missouri.
Michael ShoykhetDepartment of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine , St. Louis, Missouri.
Beth A KozelNational Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health , Bethesda, Maryland.ORCID 0000-0002-9757-7118
National Institutes of Health · USWashington University in St. Louis · USSt. Louis Children's Hospital · US

Funding

Williams syndrome: A Translational Approach to Mechanism and TreatmentZIAHL006210 · NHLBI · NATIONAL HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITUTE · PI KOZEL, BETH · 2016 to 2024
$10.4M
MECHANISM AND IMPACT OF THALAMIC DYSFUNCTION AFTER CARDIAC ARRESTK08NS082362 · NINDS · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI SHOYKHET, MICHAEL · 2013 to 2017
$895k
NINDS NIH HHS K08 NS082362
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Increased vascular stiffness correlates with a higher risk of cardiovascular complications in aging adults. Elastin (ELN) insufficiency, as observed in patients with Williams-Beuren syndrome or with familial supravalvular aortic stenosis, also increases vascular stiffness and leads to arterial narrowing. We used Eln

Indexed as

AnimalsCerebral ArteriesCerebrovascular CirculationElastinExtracellular MatrixMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMinoxidilVascular StiffnessVasodilator AgentsElastinMinoxidilVasodilator Agentsarterial stiffnessATP-sensitive K+ channelcerebral blood flowelastinextracellular matrixvascular remodeling

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PMID29498532
PMCPMC6087770
OpenAlexW2790583061

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