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ReviewArteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology2019

Growth Factors as Immunotherapeutic Targets in Cardiovascular Disease.

John E Mindur, Filip K Swirski

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Review in Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
34citing papers in PubMed
2.1field-weighted citation impact, top 12% 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

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

34 citing papers in PubMed, 57 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. Immunometabolism in heart failure.Nature reviews. Cardiology · 2025
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  10. Brain interleukins and Alzheimer's disease.Metabolic brain disease · 2025
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  13. Metabolic syndrome.Nature reviews. Disease primers · 2024
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  19. Epidermal growth factor receptor inhibition prevents vascular calcifying extracellular vesicle biogenesis.American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology · 2023
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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

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

John E MindurFrom the Graduate Program in Immunology (J.E.M.), Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston.
Filip K SwirskiCenter for Systems Biology (J.E.M., F.K.S.), Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston.
Massachusetts General Hospital · US

Funding

Translational imaging and nanomedicine in inflammatory atherosclerosisP01HL131478 · NHLBI · ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI · PI Mandy Maria Theresia van Leent · 2017 to 2026
$24.3M
Macrophages in homeostasis and cardiovascular diseaseR35HL135752 · NHLBI · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI SWIRSKI, FILIP K · 2017 to 2023
$5.4M
Lifestyle effects on hematopoiesis and atherosclerosisR01HL128264 · NHLBI · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI NAHRENDORF, MATTHIAS, SWIRSKI, FILIP K · 2015 to 2018
$3.3M
Role of interleukin-3 in autoimmune and viral myocarditisF31HL147364 · NHLBI · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI MINDUR, JOHN EDWARD · 2019 to 2021
$83k
NHLBI NIH HHS F31 HL147364NHLBI NIH HHS P01 HL131478NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL128264NHLBI NIH HHS R35 HL135752
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Growth factors, such as CSFs (colony-stimulating factors), EGFs (epidermal growth factors), and FGFs (fibroblast growth factors), are signaling proteins that control a wide range of cellular functions. Although growth factor networks are critical for intercellular communication and tissue homeostasis, their abnormal production or regulation occurs in various pathologies. Clinical strategies that target growth factors or their receptors are used to treat a variety of conditions but have yet to be adopted for cardiovascular disease. In this review, we focus on M-CSF (macrophage-CSF), GM-CSF (granulocyte-M-CSF), IL (interleukin)-3, EGFR (epidermal growth factor receptor), and FGF21 (fibroblast growth factor 21). We first discuss the efficacy of targeting these growth factors in other disease contexts (ie, inflammatory/autoimmune diseases, cancer, or metabolic disorders) and then consider arguments for or against targeting them to treat cardiovascular disease. Visual Overview- An online visual overview is available for this article.

Indexed as

Cardiovascular DiseasesErbB ReceptorsFibroblast Growth FactorsGranulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating FactorHumansImmunotherapyInterleukin-3Macrophage Colony-Stimulating FactorErbB Receptorsfibroblast growth factor 21Fibroblast Growth FactorsGranulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating FactorInterleukin-3Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factoratherosclerosisimmunotherapyinflammationmyeloid cells

Identifiers

PMID31092009
PMCPMC6613384
OpenAlexW2946586244

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