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ArticleJournal of translational medicine2016

Bridging the gap to therapeutic strategies based on connexin/pannexin biology.

Christian C Naus, Christian Giaume

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Article in Journal of translational medicine, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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26citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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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

26 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Deceiving the gatekeepers: virus modulation of gap junctions.Microbiology and molecular biology reviews : MMBR · 2025
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  13. Connexins-Therapeutic Targets in Cancers.International journal of molecular sciences · 2020
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  19. Persistent Corneal Epithelial Defects: A Review Article.Medical hypothesis, discovery & innovation ophthalmology journal · 2019
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  20. Connexin 43-Based Therapeutics for Dermal Wound Healing.International journal of molecular sciences · 2018
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Christian C NausDepartment of Cellular and Physiological Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Life Sciences Institute, University of British Columbia, 2350 Health Sciences Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z3, Canada. cnaus@interchange.ubc.ca.
Christian GiaumeICIRB, CNRS UMR7241/INSERM U1050, Collège de France, Paris Cedex 05, France.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A unique workshop was recently held focusing on enhancing collaborations leading to identify and update the development of therapeutic strategies targeting connexin/pannexin large pore channels. Basic scientists exploring the functions of these channels in various pathologies gathered together with leading pharma companies which are targeting gap junction proteins for specific therapeutic applications. This highlights how paths of discovery research can converge with therapeutic strategies in innovative ways to enhance target identification and validation.

Indexed as

Molecular Targeted TherapyAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsConnexinsDiseaseHumansNerve Tissue ProteinsConnexinsNerve Tissue ProteinsConnexinsGap junctionsPannexinsPeptidesStrategiesTherapeutics

Identifiers

PMID27899102
PMCPMC5129631

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