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ReviewCellular signalling2019

TGFβ, smooth muscle cells and coronary artery disease: a review.

Emma L Low, Andrew H Baker, Angela C Bradshaw

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Review in Cellular signalling, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 77 papers.

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77citing papers in PubMed
3.3field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

77 citing papers in PubMed, 114 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

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Emma L LowInstitute for Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow, 126 University Place, Glasgow G12 8TA, UK.
Andrew H BakerQueen's Medical Research Institute, University of Edinburgh, 47 Little Crescent, Edinburgh EH16 4TJ, UK.
Angela C BradshawInstitute for Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow, 126 University Place, Glasgow G12 8TA, UK. Electronic address: angela.bradshaw@glasgow.ac.uk.
University of Glasgow · GBUniversity of Edinburgh · GB

Funding

British Heart Foundation CH/11/2/28733British Heart Foundation FS/12/66/30003British Heart Foundation RG/14/3/30706
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Excessive vascular smooth muscle cell (SMC) proliferation, migration and extracellular matrix (ECM) synthesis are key events in the development of intimal hyperplasia, a pathophysiological response to acute or chronic sources of vascular damage that can lead to occlusive narrowing of the vessel lumen. Atherosclerosis, the primary cause of coronary artery disease, is characterised by chronic vascular inflammation and dyslipidemia, while revascularisation surgeries such as coronary stenting and bypass grafting represent acute forms of vascular injury. Gene knockouts of transforming growth factor-beta (TGFβ), its receptors and downstream signalling proteins have demonstrated the importance of this pleiotropic cytokine during vasculogenesis and in the maintenance of vascular homeostasis. Dysregulated TGFβ signalling is a hallmark of many vascular diseases, and has been associated with the induction of pathological vascular cell phenotypes, fibrosis and ECM remodelling. Here we present an overview of TGFβ signalling in SMCs, highlighting the ways in which this multifaceted cytokine regulates SMC behaviour and phenotype in cardiovascular diseases driven by intimal hyperplasia.

Indexed as

AnimalsCell MovementCell ProliferationCoronary Artery DiseaseHumansMyocytes, Smooth MuscleSignal TransductionTransforming Growth Factor betaTransforming Growth Factor betaCardiovascular diseaseRevascularisation surgerySmadsSmooth muscle cellsTransforming growth factor-betaVascular cells

Identifiers

PMID30227237
PMCPMC6293316
OpenAlexW2892048829

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