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ReviewJournal of molecular and cellular cardiology2015

Age-associated pro-inflammatory remodeling and functional phenotype in the heart and large arteries.

Mingyi Wang, Ajay M Shah

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Review in Journal of molecular and cellular cardiology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 47 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
47citing papers in PubMed
6.2field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

47 citing papers in PubMed, 79 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. SIRT1: Protean roles at the nexus of health, disease, and therapeutics.Journal of cell communication and signaling · 2026
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  2. Multicellular senescence programs in the aged heart.Journal of molecular and cellular cardiology plus · 2026
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  9. Polarizing Macrophage Functional Phenotype to Foster Cardiac Regeneration.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023
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  15. The Role of Oxidative Stress in the Aging Heart.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Mingyi WangLaboratory of Cardiovascular Science, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Biomedical Research Center (BRC), 251 Bayview Blvd, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA. Electronic address: mingyiw@grc.nia.nih.gov.
Ajay M ShahCardiovascular Division, King's College London British Heart Foundation Centre of Excellence, London, UK. Electronic address: ajay.shah@kcl.ac.uk.
British Heart Foundation · GBNational Institute on Aging · US

Funding

Calpain-1 Activity and Central Arterial AgingZIAAG000236 · NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING · 2025 to 2025
$41k
Age-Associated Changes in Arterial Proteome and Aortic Smooth Muscle SignalingZIAAG000237 · NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING · 2025 to 2025
$41k
Progression of Arterial Aging: the Local MCP-1/MMP-2/TGF-beta 1 Signaling LoopZIAAG000240 · NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING · 2025 to 2025
$41k
PROGNOSTIC SIGNIFICANCE OF SPECIFIC ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHIC FINDINGSZ01AG000237 · AGING · 1986 to 1987
MECHANISMS OF ABNORMAL AUTOMATICITY IN CARDIAC PREPARATIONSZ01AG000240 · AGING · 1986 to 1987
British Heart Foundation RG/13/11/30384Intramural NIH HHS Z01 AG000237Intramural NIH HHS Z01 AG000240Intramural NIH HHS ZIA AG000236
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The aging population is increasing dramatically. Aging-associated stress simultaneously drives proinflammatory remodeling, involving angiotensin II and other factors, in both the heart and large arteries. The structural remodeling and functional changes that occur with aging include cardiac and vascular wall stiffening, systolic hypertension and suboptimal ventricular-arterial coupling, features that are often clinically silent and thus termed a silent syndrome. These age-related effects are the result of responses initiated by cardiovascular proinflammatory cells. Local proinflammatory signals are coupled between the heart and arteries due to common mechanical and humoral messengers within a closed circulating system. Thus, targeting proinflammatory signaling molecules would be a promising approach to improve age-associated suboptimal ventricular-arterial coupling, a major predisposing factor for the pathogenesis of clinical cardiovascular events such as heart failure.

Indexed as

PhenotypeAgedAgingAnimalsArteriesChemokine CCL2Gene Expression RegulationHeartHumansInflammationIntegrinsInterleukin-6MicroRNAsSignal TransductionSirtuin 1Transforming Growth Factor beta1CCL2 protein, humanChemokine CCL2IntegrinsInterleukin-6MicroRNAsSIRT1 protein, humanSirtuin 1Transforming Growth Factor beta1Tumor Necrosis Factor-alphaAgingCardiovascular remodelingProinflammationVentricular–arterial coupling

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PMID25665458
PMCPMC4459900
OpenAlexW2079393398

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