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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2023

The Pathophysiological Role of Thymosin β4 in the Kidney Glomerulus.

William J Mason, Elisavet Vasilopoulou

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Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
1.0field-weighted citation impact, top 26% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 5 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

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

William J MasonDevelopmental Biology and Cancer Programme, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, London WC1N 1EH, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-6014-3562
Elisavet VasilopoulouComparative Biomedical Sciences, The Royal Veterinary College, London NW1 0TU, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-1940-0333
Great Ormond Street Hospital · GBRoyal Veterinary College · GB

Funding

Kidney Research UK PDF8/2015
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Diseases affecting the glomerulus, the filtration unit of the kidney, are a major cause of chronic kidney disease. Glomerular disease is characterised by injury of glomerular cells and is often accompanied by an inflammatory response that drives disease progression. New strategies are needed to slow the progression to end-stage kidney disease, which requires dialysis or transplantation. Thymosin β4 (Tβ4), an endogenous peptide that sequesters G-actin, has shown potent anti-inflammatory function in experimental models of heart, kidney, liver, lung, and eye injury. In this review, we discuss the role of endogenous and exogenous Tβ4 in glomerular disease progression and the current understanding of the underlying mechanisms.

Indexed as

Renal Insufficiency, ChronicThymosinDisease ProgressionHumansKidney GlomerulusRenal DialysisThymosin beta(4)ThymosinThymosin beta(4)TMSB4X protein, humanchronic kidney diseaseglomerulusmacrophagepodocytethymosin β4

Identifiers

PMID37175390
PMCPMC10177875
OpenAlexW4366827072

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