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ReviewNature reviews. Drug discovery2013

Small-molecule modulation of neurotrophin receptors: a strategy for the treatment of neurological disease.

Frank M Longo, Stephen M Massa

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Review in Nature reviews. Drug discovery, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 169 papers.

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169citing papers in PubMed
11.4field-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.

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

169 citing papers in PubMed, 302 citations in OpenAlex.

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  14. Selective Modulation of Trk Receptors byACS chemical neuroscience · 2025
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109 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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.

Frank M LongoDepartment of Neurology and Neurological Sciences, Stanford University, 300 Pasteur Drive, Stanford, California 94305, USA. longo@stanford.edu
Stephen M Massa
Stanford University · USUniversity of California, San Francisco · US

Funding

P75 Small Molecule Ligands for Alzheimer's TherapyU01AG032225 · NIA · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI LONGO, FRANK M · 2007 to 2012
$4.7M
NIA NIH HHS U01 AG032225
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Neurotrophins and their receptors modulate multiple signalling pathways to regulate neuronal survival and to maintain axonal and dendritic networks and synaptic plasticity. Neurotrophins have potential for the treatment of neurological diseases. However, their therapeutic application has been limited owing to their poor plasma stability, restricted nervous system penetration and, importantly, the pleiotropic actions that derive from their concomitant binding to multiple receptors. One strategy to overcome these limitations is to target individual neurotrophin receptors — such as tropomyosin receptor kinase A (TRKA), TRKB, TRKC, the p75 neurotrophin receptor or sortilin — with small-molecule ligands. Such small molecules might also modulate various aspects of these signalling pathways in ways that are distinct from the programmes triggered by native neurotrophins. By departing from conventional neurotrophin signalling, these ligands might provide novel therapeutic options for a broad range of neurological indications.

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AnimalsClinical Trials as TopicDrug DiscoveryHumansLigandsMolecular Targeted TherapyNerve Growth FactorsNervous System DiseasesReceptors, Nerve Growth FactorSignal TransductionSmall Molecule LibrariesLigandsNerve Growth FactorsReceptors, Nerve Growth FactorSmall Molecule Libraries

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PMID23977697
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