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ReviewNature reviews. Cardiology2019

Mechanical regulation of gene expression in cardiac myocytes and fibroblasts.

Jeffrey J Saucerman, Philip M Tan, Kyle S Buchholz, Andrew D McCulloch, Jeffrey H Omens

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In one paragraph

Review in Nature reviews. Cardiology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 140 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
140citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
11.9field-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

140 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 210 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

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Jeffrey J SaucermanDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA.
Philip M TanDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA.
Kyle S BuchholzDepartments of Bioengineering and Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
Andrew D McCullochDepartments of Bioengineering and Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA. amcculloch@ucsd.edu.
Jeffrey H OmensDepartments of Bioengineering and Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
University of California, San Diego · USUniversity of Virginia · US

Funding

Data Coordination and Integration Center for LINCS-BD2KU54HL127624 · NHLBI · ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI · PI MA'AYAN, AVI, SCHURER, STEPHAN C · 2014 to 2019
$23.5M
TRAINING IN CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGYT32GM008136 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA CHARLOTTESVILLE · PI STUKENBERG, P. TODD · 1985 to 2020
$8.5M
Using genetic variation to study biology of blood lipids & coronary heart diseaseR01HL127564 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI Pradeep Natarajan, Gina Marie Peloso · 2015 to 2026
$7.3M
Integrative Bioengineering of Heart, Vessels, and BloodT32HL105373 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI CHIEN, SHU, INTAGLIETTA, MARCOS · 2010 to 2019
$3.6M
Multi-scale Systems Model of Murine Heart FailureR01HL105242 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI BERS, DONALD M, MCCULLOCH, ANDREW D. · 2012 to 2016
$3.5M
Systems Biology of Hypertrophic Heart Disease from Molecular Pathways to Organ SystemR01HL137100 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI MCCULLOCH, ANDREW D. · 2017 to 2020
$2.0M
Systems Pharmacology Model for Spatial Control of Cardiac FibrosisR01HL137755 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA · PI HOLMES, JEFFREY W, SAUCERMAN, JEFFREY J. · 2017 to 2020
$1.9M
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL105242NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL127564NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL137100NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL137755NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM008136
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The intact heart undergoes complex and multiscale remodelling processes in response to altered mechanical cues. Remodelling of the myocardium is regulated by a combination of myocyte and non-myocyte responses to mechanosensitive pathways, which can alter gene expression and therefore function in these cells. Cellular mechanotransduction and its downstream effects on gene expression are initially compensatory mechanisms during adaptations to the altered mechanical environment, but under prolonged and abnormal loading conditions, they can become maladaptive, leading to impaired function and cardiac pathologies. In this Review, we summarize mechanoregulated pathways in cardiac myocytes and fibroblasts that lead to altered gene expression and cell remodelling under physiological and pathophysiological conditions. Developments in systems modelling of the networks that regulate gene expression in response to mechanical stimuli should improve integrative understanding of their roles in vivo and help to discover new combinations of drugs and device therapies targeting mechanosignalling in heart disease.

Indexed as

Gene Expression RegulationMechanotransduction, CellularAnimalsFibroblastsHeart DiseasesHumansMyocytes, CardiacVentricular Remodeling

Identifiers

PMID30683889
PMCPMC6525041
OpenAlexW2913263558

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