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ReviewAdvanced pharmaceutical bulletin2023

Toll-Like Receptor 4 (TLR4) and AMPK Relevance in Cardiovascular Disease.

Haleh Vaez, Hamid Soraya, Alireza Garjani, Tooba Gholikhani

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Review in Advanced pharmaceutical bulletin, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
20citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 28% 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

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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

20 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Haleh VaezDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5331-1441
Hamid SorayaDepartment of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, Iran.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0602-230X
Alireza GarjaniDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
Tooba GholikhaniStudent Research Committee, Faculty of Pharmacy, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
Tabriz University of Medical Sciences · IRUrmia University · IR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Toll-like receptors (TLRs) are essential receptors of the innate immune system, playing a significant role in cardiovascular diseases. TLR4, with the highest expression among TLRs in the heart, has been investigated extensively for its critical role in different myocardial inflammatory conditions. Studies suggest that inhibition of TLR4 signaling pathways reduces inflammatory responses and even prevents additional injuries to the already damaged myocardium. Recent research results have led to a hypothesis that there may be a relation between TLR4 expression and 5' adenosine monophosphate-activated protein kinase (AMPK) signaling in various inflammatory conditions, including cardiovascular diseases. AMPK, as a cellular energy sensor, has been reported to show anti-inflammatory effects in various models of inflammatory diseases. AMPK, in addition to its physiological acts in the heart, plays an essential role in myocardial ischemia and hypoxia by activating various energy production pathways. Herein we will discuss the role of TLR4 and AMPK in cardiovascular diseases and a possible relation between TLRs and AMPK as a novel therapeutic target. In our opinion, AMPK-related TLR modulators will find application in treating different immune-mediated inflammatory disorders, especially inflammatory cardiac diseases, and present an option that will be widely used in clinical practice in the future.

Indexed as

AMPKCardiovascular diseaseInflammationTLRs

Identifiers

PMID36721803
PMCPMC9871286
OpenAlexW3207867620

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