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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2018

Endothelial Activation: The Ang/Tie Axis in Sepsis.

Aleksandra Leligdowicz, Melissa Richard-Greenblatt, Julie Wright, Valerie M Crowley, Kevin C Kain

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In one paragraph

Review in Frontiers in immunology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 88 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
88citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
9.9field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

88 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 140 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
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  6. Early Dysregulation of Angiopoietin-1 and -2 as a Predictor of Mortality in Critically Ill Burn Patients.Journal of burn care & research : official publication of the American Burn Association · 2026
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  10. Role of Tie-2 Axis in Sepsis: A Potential Therapeutic Target.Journal of cellular and molecular medicine · 2025
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  19. Research progress on human adenovirus sepsis.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2025
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28 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

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Aleksandra LeligdowiczSandra Rotman Centre for Global Health, University Health Network and University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Melissa Richard-GreenblattSandra Rotman Centre for Global Health, University Health Network and University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Julie WrightSandra Rotman Centre for Global Health, University Health Network and University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Valerie M CrowleySandra Rotman Centre for Global Health, University Health Network and University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Kevin C KainSandra Rotman Centre for Global Health, University Health Network and University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
University of Toronto · CAUniversity Health Network · CA

Funding

CIHR FDN-148439CIHR MOP-115160CIHR MOP-136813CIHR MOP-13721
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sepsis, a dysregulated host response to infection that causes life-threatening organ dysfunction, is a highly heterogeneous syndrome with no specific treatment. Although sepsis can be caused by a wide variety of pathogenic organisms, endothelial dysfunction leading to vascular leak is a common mechanism of injury that contributes to the morbidity and mortality associated with the syndrome. Perturbations to the angiopoietin (Ang)/Tie2 axis cause endothelial cell activation and contribute to the pathogenesis of sepsis. In this review, we summarize how the Ang/Tie2 pathway is implicated in sepsis and describe its prognostic as well as therapeutic utility in life-threatening infections.

Indexed as

Signal TransductionAngiopoietinsAnimalsBiomarkersEndotheliumHumansMiceReceptor, TIE-2SepsisAngiopoietinsBiomarkersReceptor, TIE-2angiopoietinscritical careendothelial dysfunctionmalariasepsisTie2 receptor

Identifiers

PMID29740443
PMCPMC5928262
OpenAlexW2799789325

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Registered trials

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