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ReviewPharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland)2016

Heparin: Past, Present, and Future.

Eziafa I Oduah, Robert J Linhardt, Susan T Sharfstein

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In one paragraph

Review in Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland), 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 108 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
108citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
10.2field-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

108 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 271 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Dextran sulfate restores endotoxin detectability in human serum.Analytical and bioanalytical chemistry · 2026
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  5. A long-wavelength tetraphenylethylene-derived fluorescent probe for sensitive detection of heparin and protamine.Photochemical & photobiological sciences : Official journal of the European Photochemistry Association and the European Society for Photobiology · 2026
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  7. Direct protamine activation of human mast cells is MRGPRX2-dependent and is modulated by heparin.The Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics · 2026
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  12. Sterile injectable products shortage in Saudi Arabia: a survey-based cross-sectional study.Saudi pharmaceutical journal : SPJ : the official publication of the Saudi Pharmaceutical Society · 2025
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  14. Bioactive Polysulfate-Based Nano-Assemblies Against Virus Infection.Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) · 2025
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48 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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

3 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Eziafa I OduahSUNY Polytechnic Institute, Albany, NY 12203, USA. eoduah@bhs1.org.
Robert J LinhardtRensselaer Polytechnic Insitute, Troy, NY 12180, USA. linhar@rpi.edu.
Susan T SharfsteinSUNY Polytechnic Institute, Albany, NY 12203, USA. ssharfstein@sunypoly.edu.
Berkshire Medical Center · USRensselaer Polytechnic Institute · USSUNY Polytechnic Institute · US

Funding

Metabolic Engineering of Chinese Hamster Ovary Cells for Production of HeparinR01GM090127 · NIGMS · STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT ALBANY · PI SHARFSTEIN, SUSAN T · 2009 to 2011
$1.0M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM090127
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Heparin, the most widely used anticoagulant drug in the world today, remains an animal-derived product with the attendant risks of adulteration and contamination. A contamination crisis in 2007-2008 increased the impetus to provide non-animal-derived sources of heparin, produced under cGMP conditions. In addition, recent studies suggest that heparin may have significant antineoplastic activity, separate and distinct from its anticoagulant activity, while other studies indicate a role for heparin in treating inflammation, infertility, and infectious disease. A variety of strategies have been proposed to produce a bioengineered heparin. In this review, we discuss several of these strategies including microbial production, mammalian cell production, and chemoenzymatic modification. We also propose strategies for creating "designer" heparins and heparan-sulfates with various biochemical and physiological properties.

Indexed as

anti-inflammatoryantitumorbioengineeringChinese hamster ovary cellsheparan sulfateheparinheparin-like moleculeslow molecular weight heparinUFH

Identifiers

PMID27384570
PMCPMC5039491
OpenAlexW2466124353

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Registered trials

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