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ReviewCurrent opinion in pharmacology2011

Phosphodiesterase function and endocrine cells: links to human disease and roles in tumor development and treatment.

Isaac Levy, Anelia Horvath, Monalisa Azevedo, Rodrigo Bertollo de Alexandre, Constantine A Stratakis

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In one paragraph

Review in Current opinion in pharmacology, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 37 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
37citing papers in PubMed
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 15% 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

37 citing papers in PubMed, 62 citations in OpenAlex.

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  9. Phosphodiesterases RegulatemicroPublication biology · 2025
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  18. Adrenal hyperplasias in childhood: An update.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2022
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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 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Isaac LevySection of Endocrinology and Genetics, Program on Developmental Endocrinology Genetics, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA. levyi2@mail.nih.gov
Anelia Horvath
Monalisa Azevedo
Rodrigo Bertollo de Alexandre
Constantine A Stratakis
National Institutes of Health · USEunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development · USPontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná · BR

Funding

Molecular Genetics of Endocrine Tumors and Related DisordersZIAHD008920 · NICHD · EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT · PI STRATAKIS, CONSTANTINE A. · 2012 to 2021
$25.8M
Molecular Genetics Of Adrenocortical Tumors And Related DisordersZIAHD000642 · NICHD · EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT · PI STRATAKIS, CONSTANTINE A. · 2009 to 2011
$9.6M
Intramural NIH HHS ZIA HD000642
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Phosphodiesterases (PDEs) are enzymes that regulate the intracellular levels of cyclic adenosine monophosphate and cyclic guanosine monophosphate, and, consequently, exhibit a central role in multiple cellular functions. The pharmacological exploitation of the ability of PDEs to regulate specific pathways has led to the discovery of drugs with selective action against specific PDE isoforms. Considerable attention has been given to the development of selective PDE inhibitors, especially after the therapeutic success of PDE5 inhibitors in the treatment of erectile dysfunction. Several associations between PDE genes and genetic diseases have been described, and more recently PDE11A and PDE8B have been implicated in predisposition to tumor formation. This review focuses on the possible function of PDEs in a variety of tumors, primarily in endocrine glands, both in tumor predisposition and as potential therapeutic targets.

Indexed as

3',5'-Cyclic-AMP Phosphodiesterases3',5'-Cyclic-GMP PhosphodiesterasesAnimalsAntineoplastic AgentsCell DifferentiationCell ProliferationCyclic AMPCyclic GMPEndocrine CellsEndocrine Gland NeoplasmsHumansIsoenzymesMolecular Targeted TherapyNeoplasm ProteinsPhosphodiesterase Inhibitors3',5'-Cyclic-AMP Phosphodiesterases3',5'-Cyclic-GMP PhosphodiesterasesAntineoplastic AgentsCyclic AMPCyclic GMPIsoenzymesNeoplasm ProteinsPhosphodiesterase Inhibitors

Identifiers

PMID22047791
PMCPMC4727450
OpenAlexW2024553843

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