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ReviewFrontiers in physiology2021

Microtubules as Major Regulators of Endothelial Function: Implication for Lung Injury.

Pratap Karki, Anna A Birukova

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Review in Frontiers in physiology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
22citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 22% 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

22 citing papers in PubMed, 22 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Disulfidptosis modification patterns are involved in the immune microenvironment regulation of septic acute respiratory distress syndrome.Brazilian journal of medical and biological research = Revista brasileira de pesquisas medicas e biologicas · 2026
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  7. Predictive modeling of ARDS mortality integrating biomarker/cytokine, clinical and metabolomic data.Translational research : the journal of laboratory and clinical medicine · 2025
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  16. A short guide to the tight junction.Journal of cell science · 2024
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  19. Against the Waves: Blocking the EB3-IP3 Interaction Inhibits Calcium Waves in the Lung Endothelium.American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology · 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.

Pratap KarkiDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States.
Anna A BirukovaDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States.
University of Maryland, Baltimore · US

Funding

Control of septic inflammation and lung microvascular endothelial barrier by cell junction signaling nexusR01HL152761 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE · PI BIRUKOVA, ANNA · 2021 to 2024
$2.2M
Mechanisms of microvascular endothelial cell injury caused by extracellular histonesR01HL155051 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE · PI BIRUKOVA, ANNA · 2021 to 2024
$1.8M
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL152761NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL155051
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Endothelial dysfunction has been attributed as one of the major complications in COVID-19 patients, a global pandemic that has already caused over 4 million deaths worldwide. The dysfunction of endothelial barrier is characterized by an increase in endothelial permeability and inflammatory responses, and has even broader implications in the pathogenesis of acute respiratory syndromes such as ARDS, sepsis and chronic illnesses represented by pulmonary arterial hypertension and interstitial lung disease. The structural integrity of endothelial barrier is maintained by cytoskeleton elements, cell-substrate focal adhesion and adhesive cell junctions. Agonist-mediated changes in endothelial permeability are directly associated with reorganization of actomyosin cytoskeleton leading to cell contraction and opening of intercellular gaps or enhancement of cortical actin cytoskeleton associated with strengthening of endothelial barrier. The role of actin cytoskeleton remodeling in endothelial barrier regulation has taken the central stage, but the impact of microtubules in this process remains less explored and under-appreciated. This review will summarize the current knowledge on the crosstalk between microtubules dynamics and actin cytoskeleton remodeling, describe the signaling mechanisms mediating this crosstalk, discuss epigenetic regulation of microtubules stability and its nexus with endothelial barrier maintenance, and overview a role of microtubules in targeted delivery of signaling molecules regulating endothelial permeability and inflammation.

Indexed as

acute lung injurycytoskeletal remodelingendothelial barrierhistone deacetylaseinflammationmicrotubules

Identifiers

PMID34777018
PMCPMC8582326
OpenAlexW3210882966

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