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ReviewAmerican journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology2019

Adaptive immune cells in calcific aortic valve disease.

Michael A Raddatz, Meena S Madhur, W David Merryman

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Review in American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 55 papers.

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55citing papers in PubMed
6.1field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

55 citing papers in PubMed, 98 citations in OpenAlex.

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  15. Progress on long non-coding RNAs in calcific aortic valve disease.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2025
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  16. Immunotherapy in the Context of Aortic Valve Diseases.Cardiovascular drugs and therapy · 2024
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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 1 institution in 1 country.

Michael A RaddatzDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University , Nashville, Tennessee.ORCID 0000-0001-8610-3489
Meena S MadhurDepartment of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center , Nashville, Tennessee.
W David MerrymanDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University , Nashville, Tennessee.ORCID 0000-0001-9662-1503
Vanderbilt University · US

Funding

MEDICAL SCIENTIST TRAINING PROGRAMT32GM007347 · NIGMS · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI WILLIAMS, CHRISTOPHER S. · 1985 to 2023
$26.3M
Mechanobiology of Cardiopulmonary FibrosisR35HL135790 · NHLBI · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI MERRYMAN, WILLIAM D · 2017 to 2023
$5.5M
Immunophenotyping of Human Hypertension Using Single Cell Multiplex Mass Cytometry to Identify Novel Therapeutic TargetsDP2HL137166 · NHLBI · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI MADHUR, MEENAKSHI SWAMINATHAN · 2016 to 2021
$2.8M
Diverse Roles of Interleukin 17 Isoforms in the Pathogenesis of HypertensionK08HL121671 · NHLBI · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI MADHUR, MEENAKSHI SWAMINATHAN · 2014 to 2018
$723k
NHLBI NIH HHS DP2 HL137166NHLBI NIH HHS K08 HL121671NHLBI NIH HHS R35 HL135790NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM007347
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Calcific aortic valve disease (CAVD) is highly prevalent and has no pharmaceutical treatment. Surgical replacement of the aortic valve has proved effective in advanced disease but is costly, time limited, and in many cases not optimal for elderly patients. This has driven an increasing interest in noninvasive therapies for patients with CAVD. Adaptive immune cell signaling in the aortic valve has shown potential as a target for such a therapy. Up to 15% of cells in the healthy aortic valve are hematopoietic in origin, and these cells, which include macrophages, T lymphocytes, and B lymphocytes, are increased further in calcified specimens. Additionally, cytokine signaling has been shown to play a causative role in aortic valve calcification both in vitro and in vivo. This review summarizes the physiological presence of hematopoietic cells in the valve, innate and adaptive immune cell infiltration in disease states, and the cytokine signaling pathways that play a significant role in CAVD pathophysiology and may prove to be pharmaceutical targets for this disease in the near future.

Indexed as

Adaptive ImmunityAnimalsAortic ValveAortic Valve StenosisCalcinosisCytokinesHumansImmunity, InnateLymphocytesMyeloid CellsSignal TransductionCytokinesadaptive immunityaortic valvecalcific aortic valve disease

Identifiers

PMID31050556
PMCPMC6692729
OpenAlexW2942927046

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