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ReviewCurrent hypertension reports2018

Role of Thioredoxin in Age-Related Hypertension.

Kumuda C Das, Venkatesh Kundumani-Sridharan, Jaganathan Subramani

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In one paragraph

Review in Current hypertension reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
8citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 41% 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

8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Redox Regulation of KAntioxidants & redox signaling · 2024
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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

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Kumuda C DasDepartment of Translational and Vascular Biology, University of Texas Health Sciences Center at Tyler, 11937 US Hwy 271, Tyler, TX, 75708, USA. Kumuda.das2@uthct.edu.
Venkatesh Kundumani-SridharanDepartment of Translational and Vascular Biology, University of Texas Health Sciences Center at Tyler, 11937 US Hwy 271, Tyler, TX, 75708, USA.
Jaganathan SubramaniDepartment of Translational and Vascular Biology, University of Texas Health Sciences Center at Tyler, 11937 US Hwy 271, Tyler, TX, 75708, USA.
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler · US

Funding

Amelioration and Reversal of Hypertension by ThioredoxinR01HL132953 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH CTR AT TYLER · PI DAS, KUMUDA C · 2016 to 2019
$2.0M
Endothelial dysfunction in aged Trx-deficient mice.R01HL107885 · NHLBI · UNIV OF ARKANSAS FOR MED SCIS · PI DAS, KUMUDA C · 2011 to 2014
$1.8M
Protective role of thioredoxin in endothelial apoptosis in the heart in ischemia-R01HL109397 · NHLBI · UNIV OF ARKANSAS FOR MED SCIS · PI DAS, KUMUDA C · 2011 to 2014
$1.5M
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL107885NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL109397NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL132953
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purpose of reviewAlthough the roles of oxidant stress and redox perturbations in hypertension have been the subject of several reviews, role of thioredoxin (Trx), a major cellular redox protein in age-related hypertension remains inadequately reviewed. The purpose of this review is to bring readers up-to-date with current understanding of the role of thioredoxin in age-related hypertension. RECENT

findingsAge-related hypertension is a major underlying cause of several cardiovascular disorders, and therefore, intensive management of blood pressure is indicated in most patients with cardiovascular complications. Recent studies have shown that age-related hypertension was reversed and remained lowered for a prolonged period in mice with higher levels of human Trx (Trx-Tg). Additionally, injection of human recombinant Trx (rhTrx) decreased hypertension in aged wild-type mice that lasted for several days. Both Trx-Tg and aged wild-type mice injected with rhTrx were normotensive, showed increased NO production, decreased arterial stiffness, and increased vascular relaxation. These studies suggest that rhTrx could potentially be a therapeutic molecule to reverse age-related hypertension in humans. The reversal of age-related hypertension by restoring proteins that have undergone age-related modification is conceptually novel in the treatment of hypertension. Trx reverses age-related hypertension via maintaining vascular redox homeostasis, regenerating critical vasoregulatory proteins oxidized due to advancing age, and restoring native function of proteins that have undergone age-related modifications with loss-of function. Recent studies demonstrate that Trx is a promising molecule that may ameliorate or reverse age-related hypertension in older adults.

Indexed as

HypertensionAgingAnimalsBlood PressureCardiovascular SystemDrug DiscoveryHumansMiceOxidation-ReductionThioredoxinsThioredoxinsAgeeNOSGlutathionylationHypertensionRedoxThioredoxin

Identifiers

PMID29445879
PMCPMC7499340
OpenAlexW2791332692

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