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ReviewCurrent atherosclerosis reports2015

The role of antisense oligonucleotide therapy in patients with familial hypercholesterolemia: risks, benefits, and management recommendations.

Anandita Agarwala, Peter Jones, Vijay Nambi

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Review in Current atherosclerosis reports, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12citing papers in PubMed
2.1field-weighted citation impact, top 14% 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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 31 citations in OpenAlex.

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  11. Targeting ApoC-III to Reduce Coronary Disease Risk.Current atherosclerosis reports · 2016
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Anandita AgarwalaDepartment of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX, 77030, USA, anandita.kulkarni@bcm.edu.
Peter Jones
Vijay Nambi
Baylor College of Medicine · USHouston Methodist · USMichael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Antisense oligonucleotide therapy is a promising approach for the treatment of a broad variety of medical conditions. It functions at the cellular level by interfering with RNA function, often leading to degradation of specifically targeted abnormal gene products implicated in the disease process. Mipomersen is a novel antisense oligonucleotide directed at apolipoprotein (apoB)-100, the primary apolipoprotein associated with low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), which has recently been approved for the treatment of familial hypercholesterolemia. A number of clinical studies have demonstrated its efficacy in lowering LDL-C and apoB levels in patients with elevated LDL-C despite maximal medical therapy using conventional lipid-lowering agents. This review outlines the risks and benefits of therapy and provides recommendations on the use of mipomersen.

Indexed as

Disease ManagementPractice Guidelines as TopicRisk AssessmentCholesterol, LDLHumansHyperlipoproteinemia Type IIOligonucleotidesOligonucleotides, AntisenseCholesterol, LDLmipomersenOligonucleotidesOligonucleotides, Antisense

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PMID25398643
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