Evidence mapPaperPMID 23484137Full record

ReviewBioMed research international2013

Lipoprotein(a) in cardiovascular diseases.

Michele Malaguarnera, Marco Vacante, Cristina Russo, Giulia Malaguarnera, Tijana Antic, Lucia Malaguarnera, Rita Bella, Giovanni Pennisi, Fabio Galvano, Alessandro Frigiola

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In one paragraph

Review in BioMed research international, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
27citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
7.1field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

27 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 86 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Statins in Healthy Adults: A Meta-Analysis.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2021
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  7. Lipoprotein a - Lp(a).Indian heart journal · 2024
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  15. Vulnerable Plaque, Characteristics, Detection, and Potential Therapies.Journal of cardiovascular development and disease · 2019
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  16. Cardiovascular Risk and Neurocognitive Assessment in Young Adults and Their Relationship to Body Adiposity.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2018
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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

10 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Michele MalaguarneraInternational Ph. D. Program in Neuropharmacology, University of Catania, 95123 Catania, Italy. m.malaguarnera@email.it
Marco Vacante
Cristina Russo
Giulia Malaguarnera
Tijana Antic
Lucia Malaguarnera
Rita Bella
Giovanni Pennisi
Fabio Galvano
Alessandro Frigiola
University of Catania · ITIRCCS Policlinico San Donato · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Lipoprotein(a) (Lp(a)) is an LDL-like molecule consisting of an apolipoprotein B-100 (apo(B-100)) particle attached by a disulphide bridge to apo(a). Many observations have pointed out that Lp(a) levels may be a risk factor for cardiovascular diseases. Lp(a) inhibits the activation of transforming growth factor (TGF) and contributes to the growth of arterial atherosclerotic lesions by promoting the proliferation of vascular smooth muscle cells and the migration of smooth muscle cells to endothelial cells. Moreover Lp(a) inhibits plasminogen binding to the surfaces of endothelial cells and decreases the activity of fibrin-dependent tissue-type plasminogen activator. Lp(a) may act as a proinflammatory mediator that augments the lesion formation in atherosclerotic plaques. Elevated serum Lp(a) is an independent predictor of coronary artery disease and myocardial infarction. Furthermore, Lp(a) levels should be a marker of restenosis after percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty, saphenous vein bypass graft atherosclerosis, and accelerated coronary atherosclerosis of cardiac transplantation. Finally, the possibility that Lp(a) may be a risk factor for ischemic stroke has been assessed in several studies. Recent findings suggest that Lp(a)-lowering therapy might be beneficial in patients with high Lp(a) levels. A future therapeutic approach could include apheresis in high-risk patients in order to reduce major coronary events.

Indexed as

AngioplastyAnimalsApolipoprotein B-100Brain IschemiaCoronary Artery DiseaseCoronary RestenosisEndothelial CellsHumansLipoprotein(a)Muscle, Smooth, VascularMyocardial InfarctionMyocytes, Smooth MuscleStrokeTissue Plasminogen ActivatorTransforming Growth FactorsApolipoprotein B-100Lipoprotein(a)Tissue Plasminogen ActivatorTransforming Growth Factors

Identifiers

PMID23484137
PMCPMC3591100
OpenAlexW2081351337

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