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ReviewNature reviews. Drug discovery2006

Adenosine receptors as therapeutic targets.

Kenneth A Jacobson, Zhan-Guo Gao

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In one paragraph

Review in Nature reviews. Drug discovery, 2006. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02492945 (Safety and Effects of PDRN), which is not on this map. Cited by 623 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
623citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
52.5field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

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.

NCT02492945 phase4completednot on this mapstarted 2015, after this paper: background citation

Safety and Effects of PDRN(Polydeoxyribonucleotide) Injection in Patient With Elbow Epicondylitis in Randomized Double-blind Active-control Comparative Study

TypeinterventionalSponsorSeoul National University Bundang HospitalRan2015 to 2016Enrolled40ConditionsLateral EpicondylitisArms3ml-Rejuvinex, 3ml-15%-dextrose solution
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

623 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 1,408 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
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563 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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 2 institutions in 1 country.

Kenneth A JacobsonMolecular Recognition Section, Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry, National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-0810, USA. kajacobs@helix.nih.gov
Zhan-Guo Gao
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases · USNational Institutes of Health · US

Funding

Drugs that Act at Adenosine ReceptorsZ01DK031117 · NIDDK · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES · PI JACOBSON, KENNETH ALAN · 1991 to 2008
$854k
Intramural NIH HHS Z01 DK031117
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Adenosine receptors are major targets of caffeine, the most commonly consumed drug in the world. There is growing evidence that they could also be promising therapeutic targets in a wide range of conditions, including cerebral and cardiac ischaemic diseases, sleep disorders, immune and inflammatory disorders and cancer. After more than three decades of medicinal chemistry research, a considerable number of selective agonists and antagonists of adenosine receptors have been discovered, and some have been clinically evaluated, although none has yet received regulatory approval. However, recent advances in the understanding of the roles of the various adenosine receptor subtypes, and in the development of selective and potent ligands, as discussed in this review, have brought the goal of therapeutic application of adenosine receptor modulators considerably closer.

Indexed as

Receptors, Purinergic P1AnimalsDiseaseDrug TherapyHumansLigandsMolecular StructurePurinergic P1 Receptor AgonistsPurinergic P1 Receptor AntagonistsSignal TransductionStructure-Activity RelationshipLigandsPurinergic P1 Receptor AgonistsPurinergic P1 Receptor AntagonistsReceptors, Purinergic P1

Identifiers

PMID16518376
PMCPMC3463109
OpenAlexW1985598247

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