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ReviewCell & bioscience2018

Syncytium calcium signaling and macrophage function in the heart.

Xin Zhou, Zhongguang Li, Zefan Wang, Eda Chen, Juan Wang, Frederic Chen, Odell Jones, Tao Tan, Shawn Chen, Hiroshi Takeshima and 3 more

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Review in Cell & bioscience, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
11citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 32% 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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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

11 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
  2. Editorial: The role of autophagy in cardiovascular disease.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2025
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  3. Cardiac macrophage metabolism in health and disease.Trends in endocrinology and metabolism: TEM · 2024
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  4. The role of autophagy in the progression of HIV infected cardiomyopathy.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2024
    Review
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  6. The Prognostic Significance ofInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2022
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  10. Dynamics expression ofCell & bioscience · 2019
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 6 institutions in 3 countries.

Xin Zhou *1Laboratory of Cell Biology, Genetics and Developmental Biology, Shaanxi Normal University College of Life Sciences, Xi'an, 710062 People's Republic of China.
Zhongguang Li *1Laboratory of Cell Biology, Genetics and Developmental Biology, Shaanxi Normal University College of Life Sciences, Xi'an, 710062 People's Republic of China.
Zefan Wang *1Laboratory of Cell Biology, Genetics and Developmental Biology, Shaanxi Normal University College of Life Sciences, Xi'an, 710062 People's Republic of China.
Eda Chen3Virginia Commonwealth University College of Medicine, Richmond, VA 23284 USA.
Juan Wang1Laboratory of Cell Biology, Genetics and Developmental Biology, Shaanxi Normal University College of Life Sciences, Xi'an, 710062 People's Republic of China.
Frederic ChenChen Wellness Clinics, Wichita, KS 67219 USA.
Odell Jones5University of Pennsylvania ULAR, Philadelphia, PA 19144 USA.
Tao Tan2Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH 43210 USA.
Shawn ChenChen Wellness Clinics, Wichita, KS 67219 USA.
Hiroshi Takeshima6Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto, 606-8501 Japan.
Joseph Bryant7Institute of Human Virology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287 USA.
Jianjie Ma2Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH 43210 USA.
Xuehong Xu1Laboratory of Cell Biology, Genetics and Developmental Biology, Shaanxi Normal University College of Life Sciences, Xi'an, 710062 People's Republic of China.
Shaanxi Normal University · CNThe Ohio State University · USKyoto Pharmaceutical University · JPUniversity of Maryland, Baltimore · USUniversity of Pennsylvania · USVirginia Commonwealth University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Macrophages are traditionally viewed as a key component of the immunity defense system. Recent studies have identified resident macrophages in multiple organs including the heart, in which the cells perform their crucial role on tissue repair after myocardial infarction (MI). The cardiac-specific macrophages interdigitate with cardiomyocytes particularly at the atrioventricular node region. The integrative communication between macrophage and cardiomyocytes can modulate the contractile function of the heart. Coordinated control of intracellular calcium signaling and intercellular electrical conduction via the syncytium network underlie the synchronized beating of the heart. In this review article, we introduce the concept the syncytium calcium signaling in the cardiomyocytes can modulate gene expression in the resident macrophages and their integration with the cardiomyocytes. The cardiac macrophages originate from bone marrow stem cells, migrate to local via vessel, and settle down as a naturalization process in heart. As the macrophages perform on regulating electrical conduction, and accomplish post MI non-scared completed regeneration or partial regeneration with fibrotic scar at different stage of postnatal development, we understand that multiple functions of cardiac macrophage should carry on with diverse linages. The naturalization process in heart of macrophages to the cardiomyocytes serves important roles to control of electrical signaling and calcium-dependent contractile function of the heart.

Indexed as

Calcium dependencyColony-stimulating factors (CSF)Electrical connectionMacrophageMononuclear phagocyte system (MPS)

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PMID29599964
PMCPMC5870344
OpenAlexW2804869584

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