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ReviewFrontiers in endocrinology2020

Tissue-Specific Approaches Reveal Diverse Metabolic Functions of Rho-Kinase 1.

Taylor Landry, Daniel Shookster, Hu Huang

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Review in Frontiers in endocrinology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
7citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 23% 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

7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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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.

Taylor LandryEast Carolina Diabetes and Obesity Institute, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, United States.
Daniel ShooksterEast Carolina Diabetes and Obesity Institute, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, United States.
Hu HuangEast Carolina Diabetes and Obesity Institute, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, United States.
East Carolina University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Rho-kinase 1 (ROCK1) has been implicated in diverse metabolic functions throughout the body, with promising evidence identifying ROCK1 as a therapeutic target in diabetes and obesity. Considering these metabolic roles, several pharmacological inhibitors have been developed to elucidate the mechanisms underlying ROCK1 function. Y27632 and fasudil are two common ROCK1 inhibitors; however, they have varying non-specific selectivity to inhibit other AGC kinase subfamily members and whole-body pharmacological approaches lack tissue-specific insight. As a result, interpretation of studies with these inhibitors is difficult, and alternative approaches are needed to elucidate ROCK1's tissue specific metabolic functions. Fortunately, recent technological advances utilizing molecular carriers or genetic manipulation have facilitated discovery of ROCK1's tissue-specific mechanisms of action. In this article, we review the tissue-specific roles of ROCK1 in the regulation of energy balance and substrate utilization. We highlight prominent metabolic roles in liver, adipose, and skeletal muscle, in which ROCK1 regulates energy expenditure, glucose uptake, and lipid metabolism

Indexed as

Adipose TissueAnimalsEnergy MetabolismHumansHypothalamusInsulin ResistanceLipid MetabolismLiverMetabolic DiseasesMuscle, SkeletalObesityrho-Associated Kinasesrho-Associated KinasesROCK1 protein, humanenergy balanceglucose metabolismlipid metabolismmetabolismRho-kinase

Identifiers

PMID33633690
PMCPMC7901932
OpenAlexW3127458319

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