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ReviewExpert opinion on investigational drugs2015

Investigational agents for treatment of traumatic brain injury.

Ye Xiong, Yanlu Zhang, Asim Mahmood, Michael Chopp

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Review in Expert opinion on investigational drugs, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 48 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
48citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
6.7field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

48 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 90 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ye XiongHenry Ford Hospital, Department of Neurosurgery , Education and Research Building, Room 3096, 2799 West Grand Boulevard, Detroit, MI 48202 , USA +1 313 916 4743 ; +1 313 916 9855 ; yxiong1@hfhs.org.
Yanlu Zhang
Asim Mahmood
Michael Chopp
Henry Ford Hospital · US

Funding

miR-17-92 exosome treatment of strokeR01NS088656 · NINDS · HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM · PI CHOPP, MICHAEL · 2015 to 2019
$1.6M
MSCs Induce Brain Plasticity via tPAR01AG037506 · NIA · HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM · PI CHOPP, MICHAEL · 2011 to 2015
$1.5M
NIA NIH HHS R01 AG037506NIA NIH HHS R01-AG037506NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS088656NINDS NIH HHS R01-NS088656
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionTraumatic brain injury (TBI) is a major cause of death and disability worldwide. To date, there are no pharmacologic agents proven to improve outcomes from TBI because all the Phase III clinical trials in TBI have failed. Thus, there is a compelling need to develop treatments for TBI. AREAS COVERED: The following article provides an overview of select cell-based and pharmacological therapies under early development for the treatment of TBI. These therapies seek to enhance cognitive and neurological functional recovery through neuroprotective and neurorestorative strategies. EXPERT OPINION: TBI elicits both complex degenerative and regenerative tissue responses in the brain. TBI can lead to cognitive, behavioral, and motor deficits. Although numerous promising neuroprotective treatment options have emerged from preclinical studies that mainly target the lesion, translation of preclinical effective neuroprotective drugs to clinical trials has proven challenging. Accumulating evidence indicates that the mammalian brain has a significant, albeit limited, capacity for both structural and functional plasticity, as well as regeneration essential for spontaneous functional recovery after injury. A new therapeutic approach is to stimulate neurovascular remodeling by enhancing angiogenesis, neurogenesis, oligodendrogenesis, and axonal sprouting, which in concert, may improve neurological functional recovery after TBI.

Indexed as

AnimalsBrain InjuriesClinical Trials as TopicDrug DesignDrug Evaluation, PreclinicalDrugs, InvestigationalHumansMolecular Targeted TherapyNeurogenesisNeuroprotective AgentsDrugs, InvestigationalNeuroprotective Agentsangiogenesiscell therapyexosomesmicroRNAsneurogenesisneuroprotectionneurorestorationtraumatic brain injury

Identifiers

PMID25727893
PMCPMC4433440
OpenAlexW2002448470

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