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ArticleCell death & disease2021

Pyroptosis inhibition improves the symptom of acute myocardial infarction.

Wenju Liu, Junwei Shen, Yanfei Li, Jiawen Wu, Xiaoli Luo, Yuanyuan Yu, Yuhan Zhang, Liang Gu, Xiaobai Zhang, Cizhong Jiang and 1 more

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Article in Cell death & disease, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 60 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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60citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

60 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 102 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Wenju Liu *Key Laboratory of Spine and Spinal Cord Injury Repair and Regeneration of Ministry of Education, Orthopaedic Department of Tongji Hospital, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Signalling and Disease Research, School of Life Sciences and Technology, Tongji University, 200092, Shanghai, China.
Junwei Shen *Shanghai Pudong New Area Mental Health Center, Tongji University School of Medicine, 200124, Shanghai, China.ORCID 0000-0002-2542-3291
Yanfei Li *Shanghai University of Medicine and Health Sciences Affiliated Zhoupu Hospital, Shanghai University of Medicine and Health Sciences, 201318, Shanghai, China.
Jiawen WuShanghai Pudong New Area Mental Health Center, Tongji University School of Medicine, 200124, Shanghai, China.
Xiaoli LuoShanghai Pudong New Area Mental Health Center, Tongji University School of Medicine, 200124, Shanghai, China.
Yuanyuan YuKey Laboratory of Spine and Spinal Cord Injury Repair and Regeneration of Ministry of Education, Orthopaedic Department of Tongji Hospital, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Signalling and Disease Research, School of Life Sciences and Technology, Tongji University, 200092, Shanghai, China.
Yuhan ZhangKey Laboratory of Spine and Spinal Cord Injury Repair and Regeneration of Ministry of Education, Orthopaedic Department of Tongji Hospital, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Signalling and Disease Research, School of Life Sciences and Technology, Tongji University, 200092, Shanghai, China.
Liang GuKey Laboratory of Spine and Spinal Cord Injury Repair and Regeneration of Ministry of Education, Orthopaedic Department of Tongji Hospital, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Signalling and Disease Research, School of Life Sciences and Technology, Tongji University, 200092, Shanghai, China.ORCID 0000-0002-0308-636X
Xiaobai ZhangKey Laboratory of Spine and Spinal Cord Injury Repair and Regeneration of Ministry of Education, Orthopaedic Department of Tongji Hospital, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Signalling and Disease Research, School of Life Sciences and Technology, Tongji University, 200092, Shanghai, China.
Cizhong JiangKey Laboratory of Spine and Spinal Cord Injury Repair and Regeneration of Ministry of Education, Orthopaedic Department of Tongji Hospital, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Signalling and Disease Research, School of Life Sciences and Technology, Tongji University, 200092, Shanghai, China. czjiang@tongji.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0001-5406-2360
Jue LiShanghai Pudong New Area Mental Health Center, Tongji University School of Medicine, 200124, Shanghai, China. jueli@tongji.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0003-1602-8406
Tongji University · CNShanghai University of Medicine and Health Sciences · CN

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 31721003National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 31972882
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Acute myocardial infarction (AMI), the leading cause of mortality worldwide, is a rapidly developing and irreversible disease. Therefore, proper prompt intervention at the early stage of AMI is crucial for its treatment. However, the molecular features in the early stage have not been clarified. Here, we constructed mouse AMI model and profiled transcriptomes and proteomes at the early stages of AMI progress. Immune system was extensively activated at 6-h AMI. Then, pyroptosis was activated at 24-h AMI. VX-765 treatment, a pyroptosis inhibitor, significantly reduced the infarct size and improved the function of cardiomyocytes. Besides, we identified that WIPI1, specifically expressed in heart, was significantly upregulated at 1 h after AMI. Moreover, WIPI1 expression is significantly higher in the peripheral blood of patients with AMI than healthy control. WIPI1 can serve as a potential early diagnostic biomarker for AMI. It likely decelerates AMI progress by activating autophagy pathways. These findings shed new light on gene expression dynamics in AMI progress, and present a potential early diagnostic marker and a candidate drug for clinical pre-treatment to prolong the optimal cure time.

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PyroptosisAnimalsAutophagy-Related ProteinsBiomarkersDipeptidesDisease Models, AnimalGene Expression ProfilingGene Expression RegulationMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMyocardial InfarctionMyocardiumpara-AminobenzoatesProteomeSignal TransductionAutophagy-Related ProteinsbelnacasanBiomarkersDipeptidespara-AminobenzoatesProteome

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PMID34531373
PMCPMC8445977
OpenAlexW3200279936

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