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ReviewFrontiers in cell and developmental biology2021

Understanding the Role of Endothelial Glycocalyx in Mechanotransduction via Computational Simulation: A Mini Review.

Xi Zhuo Jiang, Kai H Luo, Yiannis Ventikos

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Review in Frontiers in cell and developmental biology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed
1.0field-weighted citation impact, top 22% 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.

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

6 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. From Glycocalyx Shedding to Microvascular Collapse in Sepsis: Endothelial Pathophysiology, Organ Dysfunction, and Mechanistic Biomarkers.Pathophysiology : the official journal of the International Society for Pathophysiology · 2026
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  4. Role of blood flow in endothelial functionality: a review.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2023
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  6. The Beauty and Complexity of Blood Vessel Patterning.Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in medicine · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Xi Zhuo JiangSchool of Mechanical Engineering and Automation, Northeastern University, Shenyang, China.
Kai H LuoDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, University College London, London, United Kingdom.
Yiannis VentikosDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, University College London, London, United Kingdom.
University College London · GBNortheastern University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Endothelial glycocalyx (EG) is a forest-like structure, covering the lumen side of blood vessel walls. EG is exposed to the mechanical forces of blood flow, mainly shear, and closely associated with vascular regulation, health, diseases, and therapies. One hallmark function of the EG is mechanotransduction, which means the EG senses the mechanical signals from the blood flow and then transmits the signals into the cells. Using numerical modelling methods or

Indexed as

computational simulationendothelial glycocalyxmacroscalemechanotransductionmesoscalemicroscalenumerical modelling

Identifiers

PMID34485313
PMCPMC8415899
OpenAlexW3194151357

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