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ReviewEuropean journal of applied physiology2023

Exercise-induced skeletal muscle angiogenesis: impact of age, sex, angiocrines and cellular mediators.

Mark Ross, Christopher K Kargl, Richard Ferguson, Timothy P Gavin, Ylva Hellsten

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Review in European journal of applied physiology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 51 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
51citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
15.1field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

51 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 86 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

5 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

Mark RossSchool of Energy, Geoscience, Infrastructure and Society, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. m.ross@hw.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0204-3915
Christopher K KarglDepartment of Sports Medicine and Nutrition, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2391-8274
Richard FergusonSchool of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences, Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2508-8358
Timothy P GavinDepartment of Health and Kinesiology, Max E. Wastl Human Performance Laboratory, Purdue University, West Lafayette, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4616-8373
Ylva HellstenDepartment of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2435-9558
Heriot-Watt University · GBLoughborough University · GBPurdue University West Lafayette · USUniversity of Copenhagen · DKUniversity of Pittsburgh · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Exercise-induced skeletal muscle angiogenesis is a well-known physiological adaptation that occurs in humans in response to exercise training and can lead to endurance performance benefits, as well as improvements in cardiovascular and skeletal tissue health. An increase in capillary density in skeletal muscle improves diffusive oxygen exchange and waste extraction, and thus greater fatigue resistance, which has application to athletes but also to the general population. Exercise-induced angiogenesis can significantly contribute to improvements in cardiovascular and metabolic health, such as the increase in muscle glucose uptake, important for the prevention of diabetes. Recently, our understanding of the mechanisms by which angiogenesis occurs with exercise has grown substantially. This review will detail the biochemical, cellular and biomechanical signals for exercise-induced skeletal muscle angiogenesis, including recent work on extracellular vesicles and circulating angiogenic cells. In addition, the influence of age, sex, exercise intensity/duration, as well as recent observations with the use of blood flow restricted exercise, will also be discussed in detail. This review will provide academics and practitioners with mechanistic and applied evidence for optimising training interventions to promote physical performance through manipulating capillarisation in skeletal muscle.

Indexed as

ExerciseMuscle, SkeletalCapillariesHemodynamicsHumansNeovascularization, PhysiologicAngiogenesisCapillarisationEndothelial cellsExerciseExtracellular vesiclesMuscle blood flowVascular smooth muscleVEGF

Identifiers

PMID36715739
PMCPMC10276083
OpenAlexW4318478436

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