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ReviewNature reviews. Drug discovery2015

Prospects for the development of epigenetic drugs for CNS conditions.

Moshe Szyf

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Review in Nature reviews. Drug discovery, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 39 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
39citing papers in PubMed
12.1field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

39 citing papers in PubMed, 89 citations in OpenAlex.

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  8. Inhibitors of DNA Methylation.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2022
    Review
  9. Review
  10. Advancement of epigenetics in stroke.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2022
    Review
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  14. International journal of molecular sciences · 2020
    Review
  15. Article
  16. The epigenetics of perinatal stress
.Dialogues in clinical neuroscience · 2019
    Review
  17. Epigenetic therapy of Prader-Willi syndrome.Translational research : the journal of laboratory and clinical medicine · 2019
    Review
  18. Article
  19. FABP3 in the Anterior Cingulate Cortex Modulates the Methylation Status of the Glutamic Acid DecarboxylaseThe Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2018
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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

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Moshe SzyfDepartment of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, McGill University, 3655 Sir William Osler Promenade, Montreal, Canada H3G 1Y6.
William Osler Health System · CA

Funding

Canadian Institutes of Health Research MOP-42411
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Advances in our understanding of the epigenetic mechanisms that control gene expression in the central nervous system (CNS) and their role in neuropsychiatric disorders are paving the way for a potential new therapeutic approach that is focused on reversing the epigenetic underpinnings of neuropsychiatric conditions. In this article, the complexity of epigenetic processes and the current level of proof for their involvement in CNS disorders are discussed. The preclinical evidence for efficacy of pharmacological approaches that target epigenetics in the CNS and the particular challenges of this approach are also examined. Finally, strategies to address these challenges through the development of improved evidence-based epigenetic therapeutics and through combining pharmacological and behavioural approaches are presented.

Indexed as

AnimalsCentral Nervous System DiseasesDrug DiscoveryEnzyme InhibitorsEpigenesis, GeneticEpigenomicsHumansIntercellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsEnzyme InhibitorsIntercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins

Identifiers

PMID26000723
OpenAlexW1565320371

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