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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2020

Intravital Microscopy of the Beating Murine Heart to Understand Cardiac Leukocyte Dynamics.

Nathaniel H Allan-Rahill, Michael R E Lamont, William M Chilian, Nozomi Nishimura, David M Small

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Review in Frontiers in immunology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
10citing papers in PubMed
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 12% 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

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

10 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. A chronology of basic and clinical research in the coronary microcirculation.Journal of molecular and cellular cardiology · 2025
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  2. Small Extracellular Vesicles from Breast Cancer Cells Induce Cardiotoxicity.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  9. Intravital Imaging Allows Organ-Specific Insights Into Immune Functions.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Nathaniel H Allan-RahillNancy E. and Peter C. Meinig School of Biomedical Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States.
Michael R E LamontNancy E. and Peter C. Meinig School of Biomedical Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States.
William M ChilianDepartment of Integrative Medical Sciences, Northeast Ohio Medical University, Rootstown, OH, United States.
Nozomi NishimuraNancy E. and Peter C. Meinig School of Biomedical Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States.
David M SmallNancy E. and Peter C. Meinig School of Biomedical Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States.
Cornell University · USNortheast Ohio Medical University · US

Funding

In vivo tools for analyzing interstitial fluid flowR21EB024694 · NIBIB · CORNELL UNIVERSITY · PI NISHIMURA, NOZOMI · 2017 to 2019
$655k
NIBIB NIH HHS R21 EB024694
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of worldwide mortality. Intravital microscopy has provided unprecedented insight into leukocyte biology by enabling the visualization of dynamic responses within living organ systems at the cell-scale. The heart presents a uniquely dynamic microenvironment driven by periodic, synchronous electrical conduction leading to rhythmic contractions of cardiomyocytes, and phasic coronary blood flow. In addition to functions shared throughout the body, immune cells have specific functions in the heart including tissue-resident macrophage-facilitated electrical conduction and rapid monocyte infiltration upon injury. Leukocyte responses to cardiac pathologies, including myocardial infarction and heart failure, have been well-studied using standard techniques, however, certain questions related to spatiotemporal relationships remain unanswered. Intravital imaging techniques could greatly benefit our understanding of the complexities of

Indexed as

AnimalsHeart InjuriesIntravital MicroscopyLeukocytesMiceMicroscopy, Fluorescence, MultiphotonMyocardial InfarctionMyocytes, Cardiaccardiovascularheartintravital microscopyleukocytemultiphoton microscopy

Identifiers

PMID32117249
PMCPMC7010807
OpenAlexW3004892701

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