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ReviewFrontiers in pharmacology2021

P2X7 Receptor-Mediated Inflammation in Cardiovascular Disease.

Junteng Zhou, Zhichao Zhou, Xiaojing Liu, Hai-Yan Yin, Yong Tang, Xin Cao

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Review in Frontiers in pharmacology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers.

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34citing papers in PubMed
5.4field-weighted citation impact, top 4% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

34 citing papers in PubMed, 44 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Junteng ZhouDepartment of Cardiology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Zhichao ZhouDivision of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Xiaojing LiuDepartment of Cardiology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Hai-Yan YinSchool of Acupuncture and Tuina and International Collaborative Centre on Big Science Plan for Purinergic Signalling, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China.
Yong TangSchool of Acupuncture and Tuina and International Collaborative Centre on Big Science Plan for Purinergic Signalling, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China.
Xin CaoSchool of Acupuncture and Tuina and International Collaborative Centre on Big Science Plan for Purinergic Signalling, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China.
Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine · CNKarolinska University Hospital · SESichuan University · CNWest China Hospital of Sichuan University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Purinergic P2X7 receptor, a nonselective cation channel, is highly expressed in immune cells as well as cardiac smooth muscle cells and endothelial cells. Its activation exhibits to mediate nucleotide-binding domain (NOD)-like receptor protein 3 (NLRP3) inflammasome activation, resulting in the release of interleukin-1 beta (IL-1β) and interleukin-18 (IL-18), and pyroptosis, thus triggering inflammatory response. These pathological mechanisms lead to the deterioration of various cardiovascular diseases, including atherosclerosis, arrhythmia, myocardial infarction, pulmonary vascular remodeling, and cardiac fibrosis. All these worsening cardiac phenotypes are proven to be attenuated after the P2X7 receptor inhibition in experimental studies. The present review aimed to summarize key aspects of P2X7 receptor-mediated inflammation and pyroptosis in cardiovascular diseases. The main focus is on the evidence addressing the involvement of the P2X7 receptor in the inflammatory responses to the occurrence and development of cardiovascular disease and therapeutic interventions.

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arterial hypertensionatherosclerosisinflammationmyocardial infarctionP2X7 receptor

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PMID33995071
PMCPMC8117356
OpenAlexW3158216231

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