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ReviewCellular signalling2020

Extracellular vesicle signalling in atherosclerosis.

E Charla, J Mercer, P Maffia, S A Nicklin

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Review in Cellular signalling, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 38 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
38citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.4field-weighted citation impact, top 10% 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

38 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 59 citations in OpenAlex.

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  11. Circulating Extracellular Vesicles in Cardiovascular Disease.International journal of molecular 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

4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

E CharlaInstitute of Cardiovascular & Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.
J MercerInstitute of Cardiovascular & Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.
P MaffiaInstitute of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK; Institute of Cardiovascular & Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK; Department of Pharmacy, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy.
S A NicklinInstitute of Cardiovascular & Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK. Electronic address: stuart.nicklin@glasgow.ac.uk.
University of Glasgow · GBUniversity of Naples Federico II · IT

Funding

British Heart Foundation FS/17/63/33485British Heart Foundation RE/18/6/34217
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Atherosclerosis is a major cardiovascular disease and in 2016, the World Health Organisation (WHO) estimated 17.5 million global deaths, corresponding to 31% of all global deaths, were driven by inflammation and deposition of lipids into the arterial wall. This leads to the development of plaques which narrow the vessel lumen, particularly in the coronary and carotid arteries. Atherosclerotic plaques can become unstable and rupture, leading to myocardial infarction or stroke. Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are a heterogeneous population of vesicles secreted from cells with a wide range of biological functions. EVs participate in cell-cell communication and signalling via transport of cargo including enzymes, DNA, RNA and microRNA in both physiological and patholophysiological settings. EVs are present in atherosclerotic plaques and have been implicated in cellular signalling processes in atherosclerosis development, including immune responses, inflammation, cell proliferation and migration, cell death and vascular remodeling during progression of the disease. In this review, we summarise the current knowledge regarding EV signalling in atherosclerosis progression and the potential of utilising EV signatures as biomarkers of disease.

Indexed as

Cell CommunicationAtherosclerosisBiomarkersCell ProliferationExtracellular VesiclesHumansMicroRNAsSignal TransductionVascular RemodelingBiomarkersMicroRNAsAtherosclerosisCoronary artery disease (CAD)Extracellular vesicles (EVs)microRNA (miRNA)

Identifiers

PMID32860954
PMCPMC7534042
OpenAlexW3081159048

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