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ArticleCell death & disease2018

circHECTD1 promotes the silica-induced pulmonary endothelial-mesenchymal transition via HECTD1.

Shencun Fang, Huifang Guo, Yusi Cheng, Zewei Zhou, Wei Zhang, Bing Han, Wei Luo, Jing Wang, Weiping Xie, Jie Chao

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Article in Cell death & disease, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 74 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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74citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
8.2field-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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

74 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 149 citations in OpenAlex.

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14 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

10 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Shencun FangDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, 210029, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
Huifang GuoDepartment of Physiology, School of Medicine, Southeast University, 210009, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
Yusi ChengDepartment of Physiology, School of Medicine, Southeast University, 210009, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
Zewei ZhouDepartment of Physiology, School of Medicine, Southeast University, 210009, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
Wei ZhangDepartment of Physiology, School of Medicine, Southeast University, 210009, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
Bing HanDepartment of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Southeast University, 210009, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
Wei LuoDepartment of Physiology, School of Medicine, Southeast University, 210009, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
Jing WangDepartment of Physiology, School of Medicine, Southeast University, 210009, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
Weiping XieDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, 210029, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China. wpxie@njmu.edu.cn.
Jie ChaoDepartment of Physiology, School of Medicine, Southeast University, 210009, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China. chaojie@seu.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0002-7800-3557
Southeast University · CNZhongda Hospital Southeast University · CNJiangsu Province Hospital · CNSoutheast University · BD

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Excessive proliferation and migration of fibroblasts contribute to pulmonary fibrosis in silicosis, and both epithelial cells and endothelial cells participate in the accumulation of fibroblasts via the epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) and the endothelial-mesenchymal transition (EndMT), respectively. A mouse endothelial cell line (MML1) was exposed to silicon dioxide (SiO

Indexed as

AnimalsAntigens, CDCadherin 5CadherinsCollagen Type ICollagen Type IIIDNA, CircularEpithelial-Mesenchymal TransitionFibroblastsHumansLungMaleMiceSilicon DioxideSilicosisUbiquitin-Protein LigasesAntigens, CDCadherin 5CadherinsCollagen Type ICollagen Type IIIDNA, CircularHectd1 protein, mouseSilicon DioxideUbiquitin-Protein Ligases

Identifiers

PMID29540674
PMCPMC5852113
OpenAlexW2792578653

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