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ArticleTheranostics2024

Re-analysis of single-cell transcriptomics reveals a critical role of macrophage-like smooth muscle cells in advanced atherosclerotic plaque.

Xue Gong, Yunchang Liu, Huiying Liu, Nian Cao, Liping Zeng, Miao Tian, Chunyu Zeng, Yijie Hu, Runjun Zhang, Yundai Chen and 1 more

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Article in Theranostics, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.

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24citing papers in PubMed
5.3field-weighted citation impact, top 4% 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

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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

24 citing papers in PubMed, 22 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

11 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Xue GongDepartment of Cardiology, Daping Hospital, The Third Military Medical University (Army Medical University), P.R. China.
Yunchang LiuDepartment of Cardiology, Daping Hospital, The Third Military Medical University (Army Medical University), P.R. China.
Huiying LiuCollege of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, The 8th Medical Centre, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, P.R. China.
Nian CaoDepartment of Cardiology, the Sixth Medical Centre, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, P.R. China.
Liping ZengDepartment of Cardiology, Daping Hospital, The Third Military Medical University (Army Medical University), P.R. China.
Miao TianDepartment of Cardiology, Daping Hospital, The Third Military Medical University (Army Medical University), P.R. China.
Chunyu ZengDepartment of Cardiology, Daping Hospital, The Third Military Medical University (Army Medical University), P.R. China.
Yijie HuDepartment of Cardiac Surgery, Daping Hospital, The Third Military Medical University (Army Medical University), P.R. China.
Runjun ZhangDepartment of Cardiology, No. 926 Hospital, Joint Logistics Support Force of PLA, P.R. China.
Yundai ChenDepartment of Cardiology, the Sixth Medical Centre, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, P.R. China.
Gengze WuDepartment of Cardiology, Daping Hospital, The Third Military Medical University (Army Medical University), P.R. China.
Daping Hospital · CNChinese PLA General Hospital · CNArmy Medical University · CNMinistry of Education · THPeople's Liberation Army 401 Hospital · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Indexed as

AtherosclerosisPlaque, AtheroscleroticGene Expression ProfilingHumansMacrophagesMyocytes, Smooth Muscleatherosclerosismacrophagephenotypic transitionsingle-cell transcriptomesmooth muscle cell

Identifiers

PMID38389849
PMCPMC10879858
OpenAlexW4391581771

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