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ReviewPharmacology & therapeutics2022

Modulation of hyaluronan signaling as a therapeutic target in human disease.

Stavros Garantziotis

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In one paragraph

Review in Pharmacology & therapeutics, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
13citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 19% 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

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

13 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 22 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Trial
  3. Article
  4. Hyaluronan Is a Promising Host-directed Therapy for Viral Pneumonia.American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology · 2026
    Article
  5. Review
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  8. Hyaluronan: An Architect and Integrator for Cancer and Neural Diseases.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
    Review
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  12. Low molecular weight hyaluronan inhibits lung epithelial ion channels by activating the calcium-sensing receptor.Matrix biology : journal of the International Society for Matrix Biology · 2023
    Article
  13. Proteoglycans in Toll-like receptor responses and innate immunity.American journal of physiology. Cell physiology · 2022
    Review
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

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Stavros GarantziotisDivision of Intramural Research, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA. Electronic address: garantziotis@niehs.nih.gov.
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences · US

Funding

The Role of Hyaluronan And Inter-Alpha-Trypsin Inhibitor in Tissue InjuryZIAES102605 · NIEHS · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES · PI GARANTZIOTIS, STAVROS · 2009 to 2025
$22.6M
The Role of Hyaluronan And Inter-Alpha-Trypsin Inhibitor in Tissue InjuryZ01ES102605 · NIEHS · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES · PI GARANTZIOTIS, STAVROS · 2008 to 2008
$621k
Harnessing the power of extracellular matrix to treat COVID-19 ARDSZIAES103342 · NIEHS · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES · PI GARANTZIOTIS, STAVROS · 2020 to 2024
$259k
Intramural NIH HHS Z01 ES102605Intramural NIH HHS ZIA ES103342
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The extracellular matrix is an active participant, modulator and mediator of the cell, tissue, organ and organismal response to injury. Recent research has highlighted the role of hyaluronan, an abundant glycosaminoglycan constituent of the extracellular matrix, in many fundamental biological processes underpinning homeostasis and disease development. From this basis, emerging studies have demonstrated the therapeutic potential of strategies which target hyaluronan synthesis, biology and signaling, with significant promise as therapeutics for a variety of inflammatory and immune diseases. This review summarizes the state of the art in this field and discusses challenges and opportunities in what could emerge as a new class of therapeutic agents, that we term "matrix biologics".

Indexed as

Biological PhenomenaHyaluronic AcidExtracellular MatrixHomeostasisHumansSignal TransductionHyaluronic AcidHyaladherinsHyaluronanSignalingTreatment

Identifiers

PMID34587477
PMCPMC8930430
OpenAlexW3204651498

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Registered trials

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