Evidence map›Paper›PMID 34623324›Full record

ArticleThe Journal of clinical investigation2021

Fibroblast growth factors: the keepers of endothelial normalcy.

Michael Simons

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Article in The Journal of clinical investigation, 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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6citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 25% 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, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Michael SimonsYale Cardiovascular Research Center, Department of Internal Medicine and.
Yale University · US

Funding

Surgery / Physiology CoreP01HL107205 · NHLBI · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI SIMONS, MICHAEL · 2012 to 2022
$18.8M
Endothelial-to-mesenchyma transition and atherosclerosisR01HL135582 · NHLBI · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI SCHWARTZ, MARTIN A, SIMONS, MICHAEL · 2017 to 2024
$6.6M
NHLBI NIH HHS P01 HL107205NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL135582
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Endothelial cells (ECs) under physiologic and pathologic conditions are capable of substantial plasticity that includes the endothelial-mesenchymal transition (EndMT). Notably, in the hypoxic pulmonary circulation EndMT likely drives increases in the pulmonary arterial blood pressure, leading to pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). However, it is unclear whether suppressing EndMT can prevent PAH development or mitigate established disease. In this issue of the JCI, Woo et al. generated mice with EC-specific deletion of FGFR1 and -2 and mice with EC-specific expression of a constitutively active FGFR1 to determine the role of FGF signaling in PAH. Mice with FGFR1/2 deletion in ECs that were exposed to hypoxic conditions developed extensive EndMT and more severe PAH than control mice. Animals with the constitutively active endothelial FGFR were protected from hypoxia-induced EndMT and PAH development. These findings suggest that FGF signaling may promote vascular resilience and prevent hypoxia-induced development of EndMT and PAH.

Indexed as

Endothelial CellsHypertension, PulmonaryAnimalsEndotheliumFibroblast Growth FactorsHypoxiaMiceFibroblast Growth Factors

Identifiers

PMID34623324
PMCPMC8409577
OpenAlexW3198614340

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