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ReviewESC heart failure2020

The role of B cells in heart failure and implications for future immunomodulatory treatment strategies.

Gerardo García-Rivas, Elena Cristina Castillo, Adrian M Gonzalez-Gil, José Luis Maravillas-Montero, Marion Brunck, Alejandro Torres-Quintanilla, Leticia Elizondo-Montemayor, Guillermo Torre-Amione

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In one paragraph

Review in ESC heart failure, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 42 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
42citing papers in PubMed
4.6field-weighted citation impact, top 4% 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

42 citing papers in PubMed, 62 citations in OpenAlex.

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  9. Immunometabolism in heart failure.Nature reviews. Cardiology · 2025
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  13. Heart failure, inflammation and exercise.International journal of biological sciences · 2025
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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

8 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Gerardo García-RivasTecnologico de Monterrey, Escuela de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud, Cátedra de Cardiología y Medicina Vascular, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico.
Elena Cristina CastilloTecnologico de Monterrey, Escuela de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud, Cátedra de Cardiología y Medicina Vascular, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico.
Adrian M Gonzalez-GilTecnologico de Monterrey, Escuela de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud, Cátedra de Cardiología y Medicina Vascular, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico.
José Luis Maravillas-MonteroRed de Apoyo a la Investigación, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México and Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico.
Marion BrunckTecnologico de Monterrey, School of Engineering and Science, FEMSA Biotechnology Center, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico.
Alejandro Torres-QuintanillaTecnologico de Monterrey, Escuela de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud, Cátedra de Cardiología y Medicina Vascular, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico.
Leticia Elizondo-MontemayorTecnologico de Monterrey, Escuela de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud, Cátedra de Cardiología y Medicina Vascular, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico.
Guillermo Torre-AmioneTecnologico de Monterrey, Escuela de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud, Cátedra de Cardiología y Medicina Vascular, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico.
Tecnológico de Monterrey · MXCornell University · USHospital Zambrano Hellion · MXInstituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán · MX

Funding

Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología 133591Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología 151136Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología 269399Fronteras de la Ciencia 0682GIEE Medicina Cardiovascular y Metabolomica 0020209M01
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Despite numerous demonstrations that the immune system is activated in heart failure, negatively affecting patients' outcomes, no definitive treatment strategy exists directed to modulate the immune system. In this review, we present the evidence that B cells contribute to the development of hypertrophy, inflammation, and maladaptive tissue remodelling. B cells produce antibodies that interfere with cardiomyocyte function, which culminates as the result of recruitment and activation of a variety of innate and structural cell populations, including neutrophils, macrophages, fibroblasts, and T cells. As B cells appear as active players in heart failure, we propose here novel immunomodulatory therapeutic strategies that target B cells and their products.

Indexed as

Heart FailureB-LymphocytesHumansInflammationMyocytes, CardiacNeutrophilsB cellsHeart failureInflammationTherapeutics

Identifiers

PMID32533765
PMCPMC7373901
OpenAlexW3034427723

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