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ArticleJACC. Basic to translational science2018

Plasma Ceramides as Prognostic Biomarkers and Their Arterial and Myocardial Tissue Correlates in Acute Myocardial Infarction.

Leonardo P de Carvalho, Sock Hwee Tan, Ghim-Siong Ow, Zhiqun Tang, Jianhong Ching, Jean-Paul Kovalik, Sock Cheng Poh, Chee-Tang Chin, A Mark Richards, Eliana C Martinez and 8 more

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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 61 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
61citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
4.5field-weighted citation impact, top 4% 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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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

61 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 96 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

18 authors at 9 institutions in 6 countries.

Leonardo P de CarvalhoFederal University of Sao Paulo State, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Sock Hwee TanNational University Heart Center, Singapore, Singapore.
Ghim-Siong OwBioinformatics Institute, ASTAR, Singapore.
Zhiqun TangBioinformatics Institute, ASTAR, Singapore.
Jianhong ChingProgram in Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disorders, Duke-National University of Singapore Graduate Medical School, Singapore.
Jean-Paul KovalikProgram in Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disorders, Duke-National University of Singapore Graduate Medical School, Singapore.
Sock Cheng PohNational University Heart Center, Singapore, Singapore.
Chee-Tang ChinProgram in Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disorders, Duke-National University of Singapore Graduate Medical School, Singapore.
A Mark RichardsNational University Heart Center, Singapore, Singapore.
Eliana C MartinezMiller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida.
Richard W TroughtonChristchurch Heart Institute, University of Otago Christchurch, Christchurch Hospital, Christchurch, New Zealand.
Alan Yean-Yip FongClinical Research Centre, Sarawak General Hospital, Kuching, Malaysia.
Bryan P YanDepartment of Medicine & Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
Aruni SeneviratnaNational University Heart Center, Singapore, Singapore.
Vitaly SorokinNational University Heart Center, Singapore, Singapore.
Scott A SummersUniversity of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Vladimir A KuznetsovBioinformatics Institute, ASTAR, Singapore.
Mark Y ChanNational University Heart Center, Singapore, Singapore.
National University Heart Centre Singapore · SGNational University of Singapore · SGBioinformatics Institute · SGChinese University of Hong Kong · HKChristchurch Hospital · NZNational Heart Centre Singapore · SGSarawak General Hospital · MYUniversity of Miami · USUniversity of Utah · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We identified a plasma signature of 11 C14 to C26 ceramides and 1 C16 dihydroceramide predictive of major adverse cardiovascular events in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Among patients undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery, those with recent AMI, compared with those without recent AMI, showed a significant increase in 5 of the signature's 12 ceramides in plasma but not simultaneously-biopsied aortic tissue. In contrast, a rat AMI model, compared with sham control, showed a significant increase in myocardial concentrations of all 12 ceramides and up-regulation of 3 ceramide-producing enzymes, suggesting ischemic myocardium as a possible source of this ceramide signature.

Indexed as

acute coronary syndromeAMI, acute myocardial infarctionCABG, coronary artery bypass graftCAD, coronary artery diseaseceramidesCerS6, ceramide synthase 6DDg, data-driven groupingdihydroceramidesHILIC, hydrophilic interaction LCLAD, left anterior descendingMACCE, major adverse cardiac and cerebrovascular eventsmajor adverse cardiovascular and cerebrovascular eventsMI, myocardial infarctionnSMase, neutral sphingomelinaseprognosisrisk predictionSPTLC2, serine palmitoyl transferase-2SPT, serine palmitoyl transferaseSWVg, statistically-weighted voting grouping

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PMID30062203
PMCPMC6060200
OpenAlexW2802541752

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