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ArticleNature cardiovascular research2023

Blockade of IL-6 signaling alleviates atherosclerosis in

Wenli Liu, Mustafa Yalcinkaya, Inés Fernández Maestre, Malgorzata Olszewska, Patrick B Ampomah, J Brett Heimlich, Ranran Wang, Pablo Sánchez Vela, Tong Xiao, Alexander G Bick and 6 more

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Article in Nature cardiovascular research, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 59 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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59citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
18.6field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

59 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 64 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors at 7 institutions in 1 country.

Wenli LiuDivision of Molecular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1981-611X
Mustafa YalcinkayaDivision of Molecular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
Inés Fernández MaestreHuman Oncology and Pathogenesis Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.
Malgorzata OlszewskaDepartment of Oncological Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
Patrick B AmpomahNovartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, MA, USA.
J Brett HeimlichDivision of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.
Ranran WangDivision of Molecular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
Pablo Sánchez VelaHuman Oncology and Pathogenesis Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9286-8290
Tong XiaoDivision of Molecular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1462-4650
Alexander G BickDivision of Genomic Medicine, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5824-9595
Ross LevineHuman Oncology and Pathogenesis Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7884-1905
Eirini P PapapetrouDepartment of Oncological Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
Peter LibbyDivision of Cardiovascular Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1502-502X
Ira TabasDivision of Molecular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
Nan WangDivision of Molecular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9976-0859
Alan R TallDivision of Molecular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7708-2417
Columbia University · USHanalei Watershed Hui · USMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center · USIcahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai · USVanderbilt University Medical Center · USBrigham and Women's Hospital · USNovartis (United States) · US

Funding

X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHYP30CA008748 · NCI · SLOAN-KETTERING INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RES · PI Hongbiao Carl Lekaye · 1985 to 2026
$347.4M
A Mechanistic and Translational Research Program Linking Impaired Resolution, Defective Efferocytosis, and Clonal Hematopoiesis to the Formation of Clinically Dangerous Atherosclerotic PlaquesR35HL145228 · NHLBI · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI TABAS, IRA A · 2019 to 2025
$6.8M
JAK2V617F, clonal hematopoiesis and atherosclerosisR01HL148071 · NHLBI · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI NAN WANG · 2019 to 2026
$4.0M
Clonal hematopoiesis, inflammasomes and atherosclerosisR01HL155431 · NHLBI · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI ALAN richard TALL · 2021 to 2026
$3.7M
Mechanisms and Modulation of Accelerated Atherosclerosis in Clonal HematopoiesisR01HL163099 · NHLBI · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI LIBBY, PETER · 2022 to 2025
$2.6M
HDL, platelet progenitors, atherosclerosis and thrombosisR01HL118567 · NHLBI · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI WANG, NAN · 2014 to 2018
$2.0M
Novel mechanisms of the thrombotic complications of atherosclerosisR01HL134892 · NHLBI · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI LIBBY, PETER · 2019 to 2022
$1.7M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA008748NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL118567NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL134892NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL148071NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL155431NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL163099NHLBI NIH HHS R35 HL145228
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Clonal hematopoiesis (CH) increases the risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease possibly due to increased plaque inflammation. Human studies suggest that limitation of interleukin-6 (IL-6) signaling could be beneficial in people with large CH clones, particularly in

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PMCPMC10399458
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