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ReviewCirculation research2018

Multifunctional Role of Chymase in Acute and Chronic Tissue Injury and Remodeling.

Louis J Dell'Italia, James F Collawn, Carlos M Ferrario

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Review in Circulation research, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 63 papers.

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63citing papers in PubMed
5.5field-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

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

63 citing papers in PubMed, 111 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Louis J Dell'ItaliaFrom the Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Birmingham Veteran Affairs Medical Center (L.J.D.), Division of Cardiovascular Disease, Department of Medicine (L.J.D.), and Department of Cell, Developmental and Integrative Biology (J.F.C.), University of Alabama at Birmingham; and Division of Surgical Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC (C.M.F.). louis.dellitalia@va.gov.
James F CollawnFrom the Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Birmingham Veteran Affairs Medical Center (L.J.D.), Division of Cardiovascular Disease, Department of Medicine (L.J.D.), and Department of Cell, Developmental and Integrative Biology (J.F.C.), University of Alabama at Birmingham; and Division of Surgical Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC (C.M.F.).
Carlos M FerrarioFrom the Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Birmingham Veteran Affairs Medical Center (L.J.D.), Division of Cardiovascular Disease, Department of Medicine (L.J.D.), and Department of Cell, Developmental and Integrative Biology (J.F.C.), University of Alabama at Birmingham; and Division of Surgical Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC (C.M.F.).
Wake Forest University · US

Funding

Vaso-Hormonal Mechanisms in HypertensionP01HL051952 · NHLBI · WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI FERRARIO, CARLOS M · 1994 to 2019
$34.8M
Pathophysiology of Extracellular Matrix and Desmin Breakdown in Volume Overload HeartI01BX003664 · VA · BIRMINGHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER · PI DELL'ITALIA, LOUIS J. · 2017 to 2020
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The Chymase Angiotensin-(1-12) Axis in Heart DiseaseI01CX000993 · VA · BIRMINGHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER · PI DELL'ITALIA, LOUIS J. · 2014 to 2017
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BLRD VA I01 BX003664CSRD VA I01 CX000993NHLBI NIH HHS P01 HL051952
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chymase is the most efficient Ang II (angiotensin II)-forming enzyme in the human body and has been implicated in a wide variety of human diseases that also implicate its many other protease actions. Largely thought to be the product of mast cells, the identification of other cellular sources including cardiac fibroblasts and vascular endothelial cells demonstrates a more widely dispersed production and distribution system in various tissues. Furthermore, newly emerging evidence for its intracellular presence in cardiomyocytes and smooth muscle cells opens an entirely new compartment of chymase-mediated actions that were previously thought to be limited to the extracellular space. This review illustrates how these multiple chymase-mediated mechanisms of action can explain the residual risk in clinical trials of cardiovascular disease using conventional renin-angiotensin system blockade.

Indexed as

Acute DiseaseAngiotensin IIAngiotensin Receptor AntagonistsAnimalsCardiovascular DiseasesChronic DiseaseChymasesEnzyme InhibitorsHumansMast CellsRenin-Angiotensin SystemVascular RemodelingAngiotensin IIAngiotensin Receptor AntagonistsChymasesEnzyme Inhibitorsangiotensin IIchymasesendothelial cellsmast cellsrenin

Identifiers

PMID29348253
PMCPMC5776735
OpenAlexW2784093782

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