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ReviewBiomolecules2021

Immunologic Roles of Hyaluronan in Dermal Wound Healing.

Aditya Kaul, Walker D Short, Sundeep G Keswani, Xinyi Wang

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Review in Biomolecules, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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20citing papers in PubMed
2.4field-weighted citation impact, top 10% 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

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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

20 citing papers in PubMed, 42 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

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Aditya KaulLaboratory for Regenerative Tissue Repair, Division of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, Texas Children's Hospital/Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1330-6549
Walker D ShortLaboratory for Regenerative Tissue Repair, Division of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, Texas Children's Hospital/Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8172-0784
Sundeep G KeswaniLaboratory for Regenerative Tissue Repair, Division of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, Texas Children's Hospital/Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Xinyi WangLaboratory for Regenerative Tissue Repair, Division of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, Texas Children's Hospital/Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Baylor College of Medicine · US

Funding

Novel Mechanisms of Regenerative Wound HealingR01GM111808 · NIGMS · CINCINNATI CHILDRENS HOSP MED CTR · PI Sundeep G Keswani · 2014 to 2026
$3.6M
NIH HHS R01GM111808
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hyaluronic acid (HA), a glycosaminoglycan ubiquitous in the skin, has come into the limelight in recent years for its role in facilitating dermal wound healing. Specifically, HA's length of linearly repeating disaccharides-in other words, its molecular weight (MW)-determines its effects. High molecular weight (HMW)-HA serves an immunosuppressive and anti-inflammatory role, whereas low molecular weight (LMW)-HA contributes to immunostimulation and thus inflammation. During the inflammatory stage of tissue repair, direct and indirect interactions between HA and the innate and adaptive immune systems are of particular interest for their long-lasting impact on wound repair. This review seeks to synthesize the literature on wound healing with a focus on HA's involvement in the immune subsystems.

Indexed as

Wound HealingAdaptive ImmunityAnimalsAnti-Inflammatory AgentsB-LymphocytesCD4-Positive T-LymphocytesDendritic CellsDisaccharidesGlycosaminoglycansHumansHyaluronan ReceptorsHyaluronic AcidImmune SystemImmunity, InnateImmunosuppressive AgentsInflammationAnti-Inflammatory AgentsDisaccharidesGlycosaminoglycansHyaluronan ReceptorsHyaluronic AcidImmunosuppressive Agentsadaptive immunityhyaluronic acid (HA)immunologyinnate immunitymolecular weight (MW)wound healing

Identifiers

PMID34439900
PMCPMC8394879
OpenAlexW3195573696

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