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ReviewJournal of cardiovascular translational research2014

Antiplatelet therapy: targeting the TxA2 pathway.

P Fontana, A Zufferey, Y Daali, J-L Reny

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Review in Journal of cardiovascular translational research, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 42 papers.

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42citing papers in PubMed
2.6field-weighted citation impact, top 9% 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

42 citing papers in PubMed, 96 citations in OpenAlex.

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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 2 institutions in 2 countries.

P FontanaDivision of Angiology and Haemostasis, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospitals of Geneva, 4, rue Gabrielle-Perret-Gentil, 1211, Geneva, Switzerland, pierre.fontana@hcuge.ch.
A Zufferey
Y Daali
J-L Reny
Geneva College · USUniversity Hospital of Geneva · CH

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The thromboxane (Tx) A2 pathway is a major contributor to the amplification of the initial platelet activation process. TxA2 mediates its effect through the thromboxane prostanoid (TP) receptor that is expressed not only in platelets, but also in endothelial cells, macrophages, and monocytes, and thus contributes to the development of atherosclerotic lesions. The TxA2 pathway is therefore a major target in the treatment of cardiovascular disease. Aspirin-the most widely used antiplatelet drug-is very effective at inhibiting platelet-derived TxA2 synthesis. However, aspirin's effects can be overcome by several other soluble agonists such as isoprostanes, which are aspirin-insensitive ligands of the TP receptor that are preferentially produced in diabetes mellitus. Other drugs, with either inhibitory effects on Tx synthase or antagonist effects on TP, have been developed with the hope of providing a better, more complete inhibition of the TxA2 pathway.

Indexed as

Molecular Targeted TherapyAnimalsAtherosclerosisBlood PlateletsDrug DesignEnzyme InhibitorsHumansPlatelet ActivationPlatelet Aggregation InhibitorsReceptors, Thromboxane A2, Prostaglandin H2Signal TransductionThromboxane A2Thromboxane-A SynthaseEnzyme InhibitorsPlatelet Aggregation InhibitorsReceptors, Thromboxane A2, Prostaglandin H2Thromboxane A2Thromboxane-A Synthase

Identifiers

PMID24353037
OpenAlexW2026967478

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