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ReviewJRSM cardiovascular disease

Netrin-1: Focus on its role in cardiovascular physiology and atherosclerosis.

Vasco Claro, Albert Ferro

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Review in JRSM cardiovascular disease. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
23citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 21% 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

23 citing papers in PubMed, 31 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. Expression of Netrin-1 in the developing mouse heart.Gene expression patterns : GEP · 2025
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  10. Targeting Unc5b in macrophages drives atherosclerosis regression and pro-resolving immune cell function.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2024
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  11. Neurocardiac Axis Physiology and Clinical Applications.International journal of cardiology. Heart & vasculature · 2024
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  13. Research progress of the netrins and their receptors in cancer.Journal of cellular and molecular medicine · 2024
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  16. A bone to pick-cellular and molecular mechanisms of bone pain in sickle cell disease.Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2023
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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

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Vasco ClaroSchool of Cardiovascular Medicine and Sciences, British Heart Foundation Centre of Research Excellence, King's College London, London, UK.
Albert FerroSchool of Cardiovascular Medicine and Sciences, British Heart Foundation Centre of Research Excellence, King's College London, London, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5486-9145
King's College London · GB

Funding

British Heart Foundation FS/18/69/33884British Heart Foundation RE/18/2/34213
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The netrins form a family of laminin-related proteins which were first described as modulators of cell migration and axonal guidance during fetal development. Netrin-1 is the most extensively studied member of this family and, since its discovery, non-neural roles have been associated with it. Together with its receptors, DCC/neogenin and UNC5, netrin-1 has been shown to be involved in the regulation of angiogenesis, organogenesis, cancer and inflammation. An NF-κB-dependent truncated isoform of netrin-1 has also been shown to be produced in endothelial and some types of cancer cells, which both accumulates in and affects the function of the nucleus. In atherosclerosis, conflicting roles for netrin-1 have been reported on plaque progression via its receptor UNC5b. Whereas endothelial-derived netrin-1 inhibits chemotaxis of leukocytes and reduces the migration of monocytes to the atherosclerotic plaque, netrin-1 expressed by macrophages within the plaque plays a pro-atherogenic role, promoting cell survival, recruiting smooth muscle cells and inhibiting foam cell egress to the lymphatic system. In contrast, there is evidence that netrin-1 promotes macrophage differentiation to an alternative activated phenotype and induces expression of IL-4 and IL-13, while downregulate expression of IL-6 and COX-2. Further work is needed to elucidate the precise roles of the two isoforms of netrin-1 in different cell types in the context of atherosclerosis, and its potential as a putative novel therapeutic target in this disease.

Indexed as

atherosclerosiscardiologycell biology/structural biologycell signalling/signal transductionmechanism of atherosclerosis/growth factorsPathophysiologyvascular biology

Identifiers

PMID33282228
PMCPMC7691900
OpenAlexW3108143107

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