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ReviewJournal of clinical medicine2020

ADMA: A Key Player in the Relationship between Vascular Dysfunction and Inflammation in Atherosclerosis.

Laura Dowsett, Erin Higgins, Sarah Alanazi, Noha A Alshuwayer, Fiona C Leiper, James Leiper

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Review in Journal of clinical medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 53 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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53citing papers in PubMed, 1 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

53 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 84 citations in OpenAlex.

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  20. SDMA as a marker and mediator in cerebrovascular disease.Clinical science (London, England : 1979) · 2024
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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

6 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Laura DowsettInstitute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, Veterinary, and Life Sciences, The University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-3356-8183
Erin HigginsInstitute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, Veterinary, and Life Sciences, The University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-5393-864X
Sarah AlanaziInstitute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, Veterinary, and Life Sciences, The University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK.
Noha A AlshuwayerInstitute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, Veterinary, and Life Sciences, The University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-3946-4999
Fiona C LeiperInstitute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, Veterinary, and Life Sciences, The University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK.
James LeiperInstitute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, Veterinary, and Life Sciences, The University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK.
University of Glasgow · GBJouf University · SAKing Saud University · SA

Funding

British Heart Foundation FS/17/63/33485British Heart Foundation RE/13/5/30177
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Atherosclerosis is a chronic cardiovascular disease which increases risk of major cardiovascular events including myocardial infarction and stroke. Elevated plasma concentrations of asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA) have long been recognised as a hallmark of cardiovascular disease and are associated with cardiovascular risk factors including hypertension, obesity and hypertriglyceridemia. In this review, we discuss the clinical literature that link ADMA concentrations to increased risk of the development of atherosclerosis. The formation of atherosclerotic lesions relies on the interplay between vascular dysfunction, leading to endothelial activation and the accumulation of inflammatory cells, particularly macrophages, within the vessel wall. Here, we review the mechanisms through which elevated ADMA contributes to endothelial dysfunction, activation and reactive oxygen species (ROS) production; how ADMA may affect vascular smooth muscle phenotype; and finally whether ADMA plays a regulatory role in the inflammatory processes occurring within the vessel wall.

Indexed as

asymmetric dimethylarginineatherosclerosisdimethylarginine dimethylaminohydrolaseendothelial dysfunctionplaque formation

Identifiers

PMID32962225
PMCPMC7563400
OpenAlexW3087759642

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