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ArticleJournal of allergy2012

Can we find better bronchodilators to relieve asthma symptoms?

Elizabeth A Townsend, Peter D Yim, George Gallos, Charles W Emala

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Article in Journal of allergy, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 28% 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

6 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Physiology. Calcilytics for asthma relief.Science (New York, N.Y.) · 2015
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  5. Chloride channel blockade relaxes airway smooth muscle and potentiates relaxation by β-agonists.American journal of physiology. Lung cellular and molecular physiology · 2014
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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 1 institution in 1 country.

Elizabeth A TownsendDepartment of Anesthesiology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, 650 W 168th Street, New York, NY 10032, USA.
Peter D Yim
George Gallos
Charles W Emala
Columbia University · US

Funding

Neuromuscular blocker-induced asthma during anesthesiaR01GM065281 · NIGMS · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI EMALA, CHARLES W · 2003 to 2018
$5.4M
THERAPEUTIC TARGETING OF THE GABAA CHANNEL ON AIRWAY SMOOTH MUSCLEK08GM093137 · NIGMS · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI GALLOS, GEORGE · 2010 to 2014
$628k
NIGMS NIH HHS K08 GM093137NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM065281
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bronchodilators are the first line therapy during acute asthmatic exacerbations to reverse airway obstruction primarily by relaxing airway smooth muscle. Only three categories of bronchodilators exist in clinical practice: β-adrenergic agonists, anticholinergics, and methylxanthines. Each of these categories have specific drugs dating back to the early 20th century, raising the question of whether or not we can find better bronchodilators. While caffeine, theophylline, atropine, and epinephrine were the first generations of therapeutics in each of these drug classes, there is no question that improvements have been made in the bronchodilators in each of these classes. In the following editorial, we will briefly describe new classes of potential bronchodilators including: novel PDE inhibitors, natural phytotherapeutics, bitter taste receptor ligands, and chloride channel modulators, which have the potential to be used alone or in combination with existing bronchodilators to reverse acute airway obstruction in the future.

Identifiers

PMID23091500
PMCPMC3467860
OpenAlexW2167188957

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