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ReviewCells2020

Role of Cardiac Macrophages on Cardiac Inflammation, Fibrosis and Tissue Repair.

William P Lafuse, Daniel J Wozniak, Murugesan V S Rajaram

Registry-linked trialOpen access · goldAbstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review in Cells, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06299176 (Phase 1 Feasibility and Safety of Whole Heart Radiotherapy for End-stage Heart Failure), which is not on this map. Cited by 233 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
233citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
34.5field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

NCT06299176 phase1enrolling by invitationnot on this mapstarted 2025, after this paper: background citation

Phase 1 Feasibility and Safety of Whole Heart Radiotherapy for End-stage Heart Failure: First In-human Treatments

TypeinterventionalSponsorMcGill University Health Centre/Research Institute of the McGill University Health CentreRan2025 to 2026Enrolled6ConditionsHeart Failure NYHA Class III, Heart Failure NYHA Class IV, End-stage Heart Failure, Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection FractionArmsWhole Heart Radiation Therapy
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

233 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 380 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

William P LafuseDepartment of Microbial Infection and Immunity, College of Medicine, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.
Daniel J WozniakDepartment of Microbial Infection and Immunity, College of Medicine, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.
Murugesan V S RajaramDepartment of Microbial Infection and Immunity, College of Medicine, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.
The Ohio State University · US

Funding

The biofilm matrix of P. aeruginosaR01AI143916 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI MACCOSS, MICHAEL, PARSEK, MATTHEW R. · 2019 to 2023
$2.9M
Revisiting alginate paradigmsR01AI134895 · NIAID · OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY · PI WOZNIAK, DANIEL J · 2018 to 2022
$2.5M
Molecular mechanism of cardiac inflammation and dysfunction in Pseudomonas aeruginosa infectionR01AI146252 · NIAID · OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY · PI RAJARAM, MURUGESAN · 2019 to 2023
$2.2M
Mechanisms of Cardioprotection by the Innate Immune System During Influenza Virus InfectionsR21AI146690 · NIAID · OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY · PI RAJARAM, MURUGESAN, YOUNT, JACOB · 2019 to 2020
$415k
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI134895NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI143916NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI146252
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The immune system plays a pivotal role in the initiation, development and resolution of inflammation following insult or damage to organs. The heart is a vital organ which supplies nutrients and oxygen to all parts of the body. Heart failure (HF) has been conventionally described as a disease associated with cardiac tissue damage caused by systemic inflammation, arrhythmia and conduction defects. Cardiac inflammation and subsequent tissue damage is orchestrated by the infiltration and activation of various immune cells including neutrophils, monocytes, macrophages, eosinophils, mast cells, natural killer cells, and T and B cells into the myocardium. After tissue injury, monocytes and tissue-resident macrophages undergo marked phenotypic and functional changes, and function as key regulators of tissue repair, regeneration and fibrosis. Disturbance in resident macrophage functions such as uncontrolled production of inflammatory cytokines, growth factors and inefficient generation of an anti-inflammatory response or unsuccessful communication between macrophages and epithelial and endothelial cells and fibroblasts can lead to aberrant repair, persistent injury, and HF. Therefore, in this review, we discuss the role of cardiac macrophages on cardiac inflammation, tissue repair, regeneration and fibrosis.

Indexed as

RegenerationAnimalsArrhythmias, CardiacCytokinesDiabetic CardiomyopathiesFibrosisHeartHeart InjuriesHomeostasisHumansHypertensionInflammationIntercellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsMacrophagesMitochondriaMyocardiumCytokinesIntercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteinscardiac inflammationcardiac macrophagesfibrosistissue repair

Identifiers

PMID33396359
PMCPMC7824389
OpenAlexW3115840934

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