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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2017

Inhibition of α9α10 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors prevents chemotherapy-induced neuropathic pain.

Haylie K Romero, Sean B Christensen, Lorenzo Di Cesare Mannelli, Joanna Gajewiak, Renuka Ramachandra, Keith S Elmslie, Douglas E Vetter, Carla Ghelardini, Shawn P Iadonato, Jose L Mercado and 2 more

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 107 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
107citing papers in PubMed
8.1field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

107 citing papers in PubMed, 160 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Haylie K RomeroDepartment of Biology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112.
Sean B ChristensenDepartment of Biology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112.
Lorenzo Di Cesare MannelliPharmacology and Toxicology Section, Department of Neuroscience, Psychology, Drug Research, and Child Health, University of Florence, 50139 Florence, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-8374-4432
Joanna GajewiakDepartment of Biology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112.
Renuka RamachandraDepartment of Pharmacology, Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine, A. T. Still University, Kirksville, MO 63501.
Keith S ElmslieDepartment of Pharmacology, Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine, A. T. Still University, Kirksville, MO 63501.
Douglas E VetterDepartment of Neurobiology and Anatomical Sciences, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS 39216.
Carla GhelardiniPharmacology and Toxicology Section, Department of Neuroscience, Psychology, Drug Research, and Child Health, University of Florence, 50139 Florence, Italy.
Shawn P IadonatoKineta, Inc., Seattle, WA 98109-5208.
Jose L MercadoKineta, Inc., Seattle, WA 98109-5208.
Baldomera M OliveraDepartment of Biology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112; mcintosh.mike@gmail.com olivera@biology.utah.edu.
J Michael McIntoshDepartment of Biology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112; mcintosh.mike@gmail.com olivera@biology.utah.edu.
University of Utah · USA.T. Still University · USKineta (United States) · USUniversity of Florence · ITUniversity of Mississippi Medical Center · US

Funding

Venoms, Biological Resources, Molecular BiologyP01GM048677 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF UTAH · PI MCINTOSH, J MICHAEL · 1993 to 2018
$32.2M
Excitability of Afferents Evoking the Exercise Pressor ReflexR01AR059397 · NIAMS · PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIV HERSHEY MED CTR · PI ELMSLIE, KEITH S, KAUFMAN, MARC PETER · 2010 to 2019
$5.4M
Novel nAChR-Targeted PeptidesR01GM103801 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF UTAH · PI MCINTOSH, J MICHAEL · 2012 to 2019
$2.4M
An investigation into cochlear HPA like signalingR21DC015124 · NIDCD · UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MED CTR · PI VETTER, DOUGLAS E · 2016 to 2017
$419k
NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR059397NIDCD NIH HHS R21 DC015124NIGMS NIH HHS P01 GM048677NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM103801
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Opioids are first-line drugs for moderate to severe acute pain and cancer pain. However, these medications are associated with severe side effects, and whether they are efficacious in treatment of chronic nonmalignant pain remains controversial. Medications that act through alternative molecular mechanisms are critically needed. Antagonists of α9α10 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) have been proposed as an important nonopioid mechanism based on studies demonstrating prevention of neuropathology after trauma-induced nerve injury. However, the key α9α10 ligands characterized to date are at least two orders of magnitude less potent on human vs. rodent nAChRs, limiting their translational application. Furthermore, an alternative proposal that these ligands achieve their beneficial effects by acting as agonists of GABA

Indexed as

Analgesics, OpioidAnimalsCancer PainHumansHyperalgesiaLigandsMiceMice, KnockoutNeuralgiaNicotinic AntagonistsOrganoplatinum CompoundsOxaliplatinPeptidesReceptors, GABA-BReceptors, NicotinicAnalgesics, OpioidCHRNA10 protein, humanCHRNA9 protein, humanLigandsNicotinic AntagonistsOrganoplatinum CompoundsOxaliplatinPeptidesReceptors, GABA-BReceptors, Nicotinicalpha9chemotherapynicotinicpain

Identifiers

PMID28223528
PMCPMC5347537
OpenAlexW2589359833

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