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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2021

Dynamic Crosstalk between Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells and the Aged Extracellular Matrix.

Joao Carlos Ribeiro-Silva, Patricia Nolasco, Jose Eduardo Krieger, Ayumi Aurea Miyakawa

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In one paragraph

Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
32citing papers in PubMed
4.2field-weighted citation impact, top 5% 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

32 citing papers in PubMed, 39 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Ovarian hormones moderate systolic hypertension in femaleAmerican journal of physiology. Renal physiology · 2026
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  5. ZNF384-Driven Fibulin-1 Exacerbates Vascular Stiffness via TGF-β/Smad3-Mediated Senescence and Fibrosis.FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2026
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  8. Decoding Vascular Senescence: Cellular Insights and Therapeutic Strategies.International journal of biological sciences · 2026
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  10. Ovarian Hormones Moderate Systolic Hypertension in FemalebioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025
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  18. The Implications of Aging on Vascular Health.International journal of molecular sciences · 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

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Joao Carlos Ribeiro-SilvaLaboratorio de Genetica e Cardiologia Molecular-LIM-13, Instituto do Coraçao (InCor), Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo 05403-000, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0001-6350-2321
Patricia NolascoLaboratorio Nacional de Celulas-tronco Embrionarias (LaNCE-USP), Departamento de Genetica e Evoluçao, Instituto de Biociencias, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo 05508-060, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0001-8171-2074
Jose Eduardo KriegerLaboratorio de Genetica e Cardiologia Molecular-LIM-13, Instituto do Coraçao (InCor), Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo 05403-000, Brazil.
Ayumi Aurea MiyakawaLaboratorio de Genetica e Cardiologia Molecular-LIM-13, Instituto do Coraçao (InCor), Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo 05403-000, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0003-3911-3259
Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo · BRUniversidade de São Paulo · BR

Funding

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo 2015/11139-5; 2014/50889-7 and 2016/50439-7
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Vascular aging is accompanied by the fragmentation of elastic fibers and collagen deposition, leading to reduced distensibility and increased vascular stiffness. A rigid artery facilitates elastin to degradation by MMPs, exposing vascular cells to greater mechanical stress and triggering signaling mechanisms that only exacerbate aging, creating a self-sustaining inflammatory environment that also promotes vascular calcification. In this review, we highlight the role of crosstalk between smooth muscle cells and the vascular extracellular matrix (ECM) and how aging promotes smooth muscle cell phenotypes that ultimately lead to mechanical impairment of aging arteries. Understanding the underlying mechanisms and the role of associated changes in ECM during aging may contribute to new approaches to prevent or delay arterial aging and the onset of cardiovascular diseases.

Indexed as

AgingAnimalsExtracellular MatrixHumansMuscle, Smooth, VascularMyocytes, Smooth Musclearterial agingextracellular matrixsmooth muscle cells

Identifiers

PMID34576337
PMCPMC8468233
OpenAlexW3199396705

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Registered trials

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