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ReviewCritical care clinics2020

Nitric Oxide and Endothelial Dysfunction.

Anthony R Cyr, Lauren V Huckaby, Sruti S Shiva, Brian S Zuckerbraun

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Review in Critical care clinics, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 340 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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340citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
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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

340 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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280 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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

4 authors.

Anthony R CyrDepartment of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, F679 Presbyterian University Hospital, 200 Lothrop Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA. Electronic address: https://twitter.com/TonyCyr.
Lauren V HuckabyDepartment of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, F679 Presbyterian University Hospital, 200 Lothrop Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
Sruti S ShivaVascular Medicine Institute, University of Pittsburgh, E1240 BST, 200 Lothrop Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA.
Brian S ZuckerbraunDepartment of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, F1281 Presbyterian University Hospital, 200 Lothrop Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA. Electronic address: zuckerbraunbs@upmc.edu.

Funding

Vascular Surgery Research Training (VascTrain) ProgramT32HL098036 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI Edith Tzeng · 2010 to 2026
$7.2M
NHLBI NIH HHS T32 HL098036
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nitric oxide is a strong vasodilatory and anti-inflammatory signaling molecule that plays diverse roles in maintaining vascular homeostasis. Nitric oxide produced by endothelial cells is a critical regulator of this balance, such that endothelial dysfunction is defined as a reduced capacity for nitric oxide production and decreased nitric oxide sensitivity. This ultimately results in an imbalance in vascular homeostasis leading to a prothrombotic, proinflammatory, and less compliant blood vessel wall. Endothelial dysfunction is central in numerous pathophysiologic processes. This article reviews mechanisms governing nitric oxide production and downstream effects, highlighting the role of nitric oxide signaling in organ system pathologies.

Indexed as

Critical IllnessAnimalsEndothelial CellsEndothelium, VascularHomeostasisHumansNitric OxideReactive Oxygen SpeciesVasodilationNitric OxideReactive Oxygen SpeciesEndothelial dysfunctionNitric oxideNitric oxide synthase

Identifiers

PMID32172815
PMCPMC9015729

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