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ReviewJournal of critical care medicine (Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie din Targu-Mures)2015

Statins as Pleiotropic Modifiers of Vascular Oxidative Stress and Inflammation.

Costas Psarros, Evangelos K Economou, Michael Koutsilieris, Charalambos Antoniades

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Review in Journal of critical care medicine (Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie din Targu-Mures), 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
–field-weighted citation impact, top 81% 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

4 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Costas PsarrosDepartment of Experimental Physiology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian, University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Evangelos K EconomouDepartment of Experimental Physiology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian, University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Michael KoutsilierisDepartment of Experimental Physiology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian, University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Charalambos AntoniadesRadcliffe Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Medicine Division, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom.
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens · GRJohn Radcliffe Hospital · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the industrialized world and in the future is expected to be the number one killer worldwide. The main cause underlying CVD is atherosclerosis. A key event in atherosclerosis initiation and progression is oxidative stress through the production of reactive oxygen species as well as endothelial dysfunction. Several pro- inflammatory and anti-inflammatory cytokines and proteins are involved in this process, complemented by activation of adhesion molecules that promote leukocyte rolling, tethering and infiltration into the sub-endothelial space. Statins represent the agent of choice since numerous clinical trials have verified that their pharmacological action extends beyond lipid lowering. Statins demonstrate direct anti-oxidant effects by scavenging free radicals and stimulating anti-oxidant enzymes while acting as regulators for cytokine, protein and adhesion molecule expression, all of which are involved in the atherosclerotic process. Statin use is considered one of the most efficient currently used interventions in managing CVD with the likely hood of remaining so in the near future.

Indexed as

adhesion moleculesatherosclerosiscardiovascular diseaseinflammationinterleukinsoxidative stressstatins

Identifiers

PMID29967815
PMCPMC5953291
OpenAlexW2484020517

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