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ArticleExperimental and therapeutic medicine2021

Inhibition of the mevalonate pathway improves myocardial fibrosis.

Huifeng Xu, Yi Shen, Chenyu Liang, Haifeng Wang, Junling Huang, Pengcheng Xue, Ming Luo

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Article in Experimental and therapeutic medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
3.6field-weighted citation impact, top 7% 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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 22 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Huifeng XuDepartment of Cardiology, Tongji Hospital Affiliated to Tongji University, Shanghai 200065, P.R. China.
Yi ShenDepartment of Geriatrics, Tongji Hospital Affiliated to Tongji University, Shanghai 200065, P.R. China.
Chenyu LiangDepartment of Cardiology, Tongji Hospital Affiliated to Tongji University, Shanghai 200065, P.R. China.
Haifeng WangDepartment of Geriatrics, Tongji Hospital Affiliated to Tongji University, Shanghai 200065, P.R. China.
Junling HuangDepartment of Geriatrics, Tongji Hospital Affiliated to Tongji University, Shanghai 200065, P.R. China.
Pengcheng XueDepartment of Cardiology, Tongji Hospital Affiliated to Tongji University, Shanghai 200065, P.R. China.
Ming LuoDepartment of Cardiology, Tongji Hospital Affiliated to Tongji University, Shanghai 200065, P.R. China.
Tongji Hospital · CNTongji University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The mevalonate (MVA) pathway serves an important role in ventricular remodeling. Targeting the MVA pathway has protective effects against myocardial fibrosis. The present study aimed to investigate the mechanism behind these effects. Primary cultured cardiac fibroblasts from C57BL/6 mice were treated

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aledronatefasudilmevalonate pathwaymyocardial fibrosisrosuvastatin

Identifiers

PMID33603833
PMCPMC7851600
OpenAlexW3126098476

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