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ReviewFrontiers in genetics2015

Nitroxide pharmaceutical development for age-related degeneration and disease.

Jacob A Zarling, Vienna E Brunt, Anne K Vallerga, Weixing Li, Albert Tao, David A Zarling, Christopher T Minson

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In one paragraph

Review in Frontiers in genetics, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
11citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 32% 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

11 citing papers in PubMed, 28 citations in OpenAlex.

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  11. Nitroxides as Antioxidants and Anticancer Drugs.International journal of molecular sciences · 2017
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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

7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Jacob A ZarlingDepartment of Biology, University of Oregon, Eugene OR, USA.
Vienna E BruntDepartment of Human Physiology, University of Oregon, Eugene OR, USA.
Anne K VallergaColby Pharmaceutical Company, Menlo Park CA, USA.
Weixing LiColby Pharmaceutical Company, Menlo Park CA, USA.
Albert TaoDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis MO, USA.
David A ZarlingColby Pharmaceutical Company, Menlo Park CA, USA.
Christopher T MinsonDepartment of Human Physiology, University of Oregon, Eugene OR, USA.
Colby Pharmaceutical (United States) · USUniversity of Oregon · USWashington University in St. Louis · US

Funding

Progesterone and Vascular Function in WomenR01HL081671 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF OREGON · PI MINSON, CHRISTOPHER TODD · 2008 to 2011
$1.3M
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL081671
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nitroxide small molecule agents are in development as preventative or therapeutic pharmaceutical drugs for age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and cardiovascular disease, which are two major diseases of aging. These aging diseases are associated with patient genetics, smoking, diet, oxidative stress, and chronic inflammation. Nitroxide drugs preventing aging-, smoking-, high sugar or high fat diet-, or radiation- and other environmental-induced pathophysiological conditions in aging disease are reviewed. Tempol (TP), Tempol Hydroxylamine (TP-H), and TP-H prodrug (OT-551) are evaluated in (1) non-smokers versus smokers with cutaneous microvascular dysfunction, rapidly reversed by cutaneous TP; (2) elderly cancer patients at risk for radiation-induced skin burns or hair loss, prevented by topical TP; and (3) elderly smoker or non-smoker AMD patients at risk for vision loss, prevented by daily eye drops of OT-551. The human data indicates safety and efficacy for these nitroxide drugs. Both TP and TP-H topically penetrate and function in skin or mucosa, protecting and treating radiation burns and hair loss or smoking-induced cutaneous vascular dysfunction. TP and TP-H do not penetrate the cornea, while OT-551 does effectively penetrate and travels to the back of the eye, preserving visual acuity and preserving normal and low light luminance in dry AMD smokers and non-smoker patients. Topical, oral, or injectable drug formulations are discussed.

Indexed as

agingAMDCVDhydroxylamineinflammationsmokingtempol

Identifiers

PMID26594225
PMCPMC4635221
OpenAlexW2182589748

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