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ArticleEnvironmental toxicology and pharmacology2024

Promotion of myofibroblast differentiation through repeated treatment of fibroblasts to low concentrations of PM

Nathan A Craig, Anne M Scruggs, Jack P Berens, Furong Deng, Yahong Chen, J Timothy Dvonch, Steven K Huang

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Article in Environmental toxicology and pharmacology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 23% 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

3 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Particulate matter increases bone morphogenetic protein 2 in lung fibroblasts.American journal of physiology. Lung cellular and molecular physiology · 2026
    Article
  3. Chitosan Nanoparticle-EncapsulatedInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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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

7 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Nathan A CraigDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA; Department of Environmental Health Sciences, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
Anne M ScruggsDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
Jack P BerensDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
Furong DengDepartment of Occupational and Environmental Health Sciences, Peking University School of Public Health, Beijing, China.
Yahong ChenDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing, China.
J Timothy DvonchDepartment of Environmental Health Sciences, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
Steven K HuangDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA. Electronic address: stehuang@umich.edu.
University of Michigan · USPeking University · CN

Funding

ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY PRE/POST DOCTORAL RES.TRAININGT32ES007062 · NIEHS · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI Justin Adam Colacino · 1985 to 2026
$10.5M
The Role of KCNMB1 and the Large Conductance Potassium (BK) Channel in Myofibroblast Differentiation and Pulmonary FibrosisR01HL127203 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI HUANG, STEVEN K · 2015 to 2024
$4.4M
Heterogeneity and Regulation of the DNA Methylome in IPF Mesenchymal CellsR01HL162963 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI STEVEN K HUANG · 2023 to 2026
$2.7M
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL127203NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL162963NIEHS NIH HHS T32 ES007062
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Exposure to particulate matter ≤ 2.5 µm (PM

Indexed as

FibroblastsMyofibroblastsActinsCell DifferentiationCells, CulturedCollagenLungParticulate MatterActinsCollagenParticulate MatterAir pollutionCollagenNF-κBParticulate matterSmooth muscle actin

Identifiers

PMID38036232
PMCPMC11010492
OpenAlexW4389101019

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Registered trials

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