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ArticleScientific reports2017

The celecoxib derivatives AR-12 and AR-14 induce autophagy and clear prion-infected cells from prions.

Basant A Abdulrahman, Dalia Abdelaziz, Simrika Thapa, Li Lu, Shubha Jain, Sabine Gilch, Stefan Proniuk, Alexander Zukiwski, Hermann M Schatzl

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Article in Scientific reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

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25citing papers in PubMed
2.0field-weighted citation impact, top 13% 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

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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

25 citing papers in PubMed, 32 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. New Therapeutic Modalities in Prion Diseases.Sub-cellular biochemistry · 2025
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  17. An Update on Autophagy in Prion Diseases.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2020
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  18. The role of prion strain diversity in the development of successful therapeutic treatments.Progress in molecular biology and translational science · 2020
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 2 institutions in 3 countries.

Basant A AbdulrahmanDepartment of Comparative Biology & Experimental Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, T2N 4Z6, Canada.
Dalia AbdelazizDepartment of Comparative Biology & Experimental Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, T2N 4Z6, Canada.
Simrika ThapaDepartment of Comparative Biology & Experimental Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, T2N 4Z6, Canada.
Li LuDepartment of Comparative Biology & Experimental Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, T2N 4Z6, Canada.
Shubha JainDepartment of Comparative Biology & Experimental Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, T2N 4Z6, Canada.
Sabine GilchDepartment of Comparative Biology & Experimental Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, T2N 4Z6, Canada.
Stefan ProniukArno Therapeutics, Inc., Flemington, NJ, USA.
Alexander ZukiwskiArno Therapeutics, Inc., Flemington, NJ, USA.
Hermann M SchatzlDepartment of Comparative Biology & Experimental Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, T2N 4Z6, Canada. hschaetz@ucalgary.ca.
University of Calgary · CAArno Therapeutics (United States) · US

Funding

Elucidating the cellular mechanisms of prion propagation and clearance for devisiR01NS076853 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING · PI JARVIS, DONALD L. · 2012 to 2016
$1.5M
NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS076853
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Prion diseases are fatal infectious neurodegenerative disorders that affect both humans and animals. The autocatalytic conversion of the cellular prion protein (PrP

Indexed as

AnimalsAutophagyCelecoxibCell Line, TumorMiceNeuronsPrPSc ProteinsPyrazolesSulfonamidesCelecoxibOSU 03012PrPSc ProteinsPyrazolesSulfonamides

Identifiers

PMID29242534
PMCPMC5730578
OpenAlexW2772122018

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