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ReviewCell proliferation2021

Role of crosstalk between endothelial cells and smooth muscle cells in vascular calcification in chronic kidney disease.

Yu-Xia Zhang, Ri-Ning Tang, Li-Ting Wang, Bi-Cheng Liu

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Review in Cell proliferation, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 38 papers.

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38citing papers in PubMed
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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

38 citing papers in PubMed, 43 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Cellular crosstalk between endothelial and vascular smooth muscle cells via the BACH1/COL3A1 axis promotes vascular calcification in chronic kidney disease.Inflammation research : official journal of the European Histamine Research Society ... [et al.] · 2026
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  5. Peripheral Vascular Calcification.Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology · 2026
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  11. Bioinspired Collagen/κ-Carrageenan 3D Matrix forACS biomaterials science & engineering · 2025
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  12. Endothelial dysfunction in chronic kidney disease: a clinical perspective.American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yu-Xia ZhangInstitute of Nephrology, Zhongda Hospital, School of Medicine, Southeast University, Nanjing, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9432-6236
Ri-Ning TangInstitute of Nephrology, Zhongda Hospital, School of Medicine, Southeast University, Nanjing, China.
Li-Ting WangInstitute of Nephrology, Zhongda Hospital, School of Medicine, Southeast University, Nanjing, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9885-2989
Bi-Cheng LiuInstitute of Nephrology, Zhongda Hospital, School of Medicine, Southeast University, Nanjing, China.
Zhongda Hospital Southeast University · CN

Funding

Clinical Medicine Science and Technology Project-Clinic Research Center of Jiangsu Province BL2014080Jiangsu Commission of Health "Six One Project" LGY2018097Jiangsu Commission of Health 'Six One Project' LGY2018097Medical Talents of Jiangsu Province ZDRCA2016079National Natural Science Foundation of China 31571186National Natural Science Foundation of China 81770735Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province BK20161437Postgraduate Research & Practice Innovation Program of Jiangsu Province KYCX18_0183
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a severe health problem worldwide, and vascular calcification (VC) contributes substantially to the cardiovascular morbidity and high mortality of CKD. CKD is often accompanied by a variety of pathophysiological states, such as inflammation, oxidative stress, hyperglycaemia, hyperparathyroidism and haemodynamic derangement, that can cause injuries to smooth muscle cells (SMCs) and endothelial cells (ECs) to promote VC. Similar to SMCs, whose role has been widely explored in VC, ECs may contribute to VC via osteochondral transdifferentiation, apoptosis, etc. In addition, given their location in the innermost layer of the blood vessel lumen and preferential reception of various pro-calcification stimuli, ECs can pass messages to vascular wall cells and communicate with them. Crosstalk between ECs and SMCs via cytokines through a paracrine mechanism, extracellular vesicles, miRNAs and myoendothelial gap junctions also plays a role in VC. In this review, we emphasize the role of intercellular crosstalk between ECs and SMCs in VC associated with CKD.

Indexed as

AnimalsCalcification, PhysiologicEndothelial CellsHumansMuscle, Smooth, VascularMyocytes, Smooth MuscleRenal Insufficiency, ChronicVascular CalcificationCKDcrosstalkendothelial cellssmooth muscle cellsvascular calcification

Identifiers

PMID33502070
PMCPMC7941222
OpenAlexW3121206617

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