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ArticleJACC. Basic to translational science2018

The Multifunctional Protein BAG3: A Novel Therapeutic Target in Cardiovascular Disease.

Valerie D Myers, Joseph M McClung, JuFang Wang, Farzaneh G Tahrir, Manish K Gupta, Jennifer Gordon, Christopher H Kontos, Kamel Khalili, Joseph Y Cheung, Arthur M Feldman

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Article in JACC. Basic to translational science, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 43 papers.

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43citing papers in PubMed
5.1field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

43 citing papers in PubMed, 57 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

10 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Valerie D MyersDepartment of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Joseph M McClungDepartment of Physiology, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina.
JuFang WangCenter for Translational Medicine, Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Farzaneh G TahrirDepartment of Neuroscience, Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Manish K GuptaDepartment of Neuroscience, Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Jennifer GordonDepartment of Neuroscience, Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Christopher H KontosDepartment of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina.
Kamel KhaliliDepartment of Neuroscience, Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Joseph Y CheungDepartment of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Arthur M FeldmanDepartment of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Translational Therapeutics (United States) · USDuke University · USEast Carolina University · US

Funding

Targeted Cancer Therapeutics and Heart Failure: Mechanisms and Post-injury RepairP01HL091799 · NHLBI · THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY · PI KOCH, WALTER J. · 2008 to 2018
$23.1M
Involvement of BAG3 in HIV-1 induced cardiomyopathyR01HL123093 · NHLBI · TEMPLE UNIV OF THE COMMONWEALTH · PI CHEUNG, JOSEPH Y, FELDMAN, ARTHUR M · 2014 to 2018
$3.7M
Genetic Determinants of Limb Pathology in Peripheral Artery DiseaseR01HL125695 · NHLBI · EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY · PI MCCLUNG, JOSEPH MATTHEW · 2015 to 2019
$1.9M
Skeletal Muscle and Vascular Remodeling in Peripheral Artery DiseaseR01HL124444 · NHLBI · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI KONTOS, CHRISTOPHER D · 2015 to 2017
$1.4M
Peripheral endothelial and muscle cell pathology in cardiovascular diseaseR00HL103797 · NHLBI · EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY · PI MCCLUNG, JOSEPH MATTHEW · 2014 to 2016
$744k
Muscle-Resident Stem Cells for Angiogenesis and Vascular Maturation in PADR21HL118661 · NHLBI · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI KONTOS, CHRISTOPHER D · 2013 to 2014
$407k
NHLBI NIH HHS P01 HL091799NHLBI NIH HHS R00 HL103797NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL123093NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL124444NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL125695NHLBI NIH HHS R21 HL118661
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The B-cell lymphoma 2-associated anthanogene (BAG3) protein is expressed most prominently in the heart, the skeletal muscle, and in many forms of cancer. In the heart, it serves as a co-chaperone with heat shock proteins in facilitating autophagy; binds to B-cell lymphoma 2, resulting in inhibition of apoptosis; attaches actin to the Z disk, providing structural support for the sarcomere; and links the α-adrenergic receptor with the L-type Ca

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apoptosisautophagyBAG3heart failure

Identifiers

PMID29938246
PMCPMC6013050
OpenAlexW2794287343

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