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ReviewBritish journal of pharmacology2012

Monoacylglycerol lipase - a target for drug development?

C J Fowler

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Review in British journal of pharmacology, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 40 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
40citing papers in PubMed
8.9field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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.

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

40 citing papers in PubMed, 97 citations in OpenAlex.

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  8. Quantification of monoacylglycerol lipase and its occupancy by an exogenous ligand in rhesus monkey brains using [Journal of cerebral blood flow and metabolism : official journal of the International Society of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism · 2022
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  10. Role of the Endocannabinoid System in the Regulation of Intestinal Homeostasis.Cellular and molecular gastroenterology and hepatology · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

C J FowlerDepartment of Pharmacology and Clinical Neuroscience, Umeå University, Sweden. cf@pharm.umu.se
Umeå University · SE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The endocannabinoid (eCB) system is involved in processes as diverse as control of appetite, perception of pain and the limitation of cancer cell growth and invasion. The enzymes responsible for eCB breakdown are attractive pharmacological targets, and fatty acid amide hydrolase inhibitors, which potentiate the levels of the eCB anandamide, are now undergoing pharmaceutical development. 'Drugable' selective inhibitors of monoacylglycerol lipase, a key enzyme regulating the levels of the other main eCB, 2-arachidonoylglycerol, were however not identified until very recently. Their availability has resulted in a large expansion of our knowledge concerning the pharmacological consequences of monoacylglycerol lipase inhibition and hence the role(s) played by the enzyme in the body. In this review, the pharmacology of monoacylglycerol lipase will be discussed, together with an analysis of the therapeutic potential of monoacylglycerol lipase inhibitors as analgesics and anticancer agents.

Indexed as

AnalgesicsAnimalsAntineoplastic AgentsEnzyme InhibitorsHumansMonoacylglycerol LipasesNeoplasmsPainAnalgesicsAntineoplastic AgentsEnzyme InhibitorsMonoacylglycerol Lipases

Identifiers

PMID22428756
PMCPMC3419901
OpenAlexW1779690616

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