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ArticleFrontiers in pharmacology2017

Dual Action of Mexiletine and Its Pyrroline Derivatives as Skeletal Muscle Sodium Channel Blockers and Anti-oxidant Compounds: Toward Novel Therapeutic Potential.

Michela De Bellis, Francesca Sanarica, Alessia Carocci, Giovanni Lentini, Sabata Pierno, Jean-François Rolland, Diana Conte Camerino, Annamaria De Luca

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Article in Frontiers in pharmacology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 33% 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

4 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
  2. Blockers of Skeletal Muscle NaInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2023
    Review
  3. Article
  4. Skeletal muscle ClC-1 chloride channels in health and diseases.Pflugers Archiv : European journal of physiology · 2020
    Review
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Michela De BellisUnit of Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacy-Drug Science, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy.
Francesca SanaricaUnit of Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacy-Drug Science, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy.
Alessia CarocciUnit of Medicinal Chemistry, Department of Pharmacy-Drug Science, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy.
Giovanni LentiniUnit of Medicinal Chemistry, Department of Pharmacy-Drug Science, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy.
Sabata PiernoUnit of Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacy-Drug Science, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy.
Jean-François RollandAXXAM S.p.A., Milan, Italy.
Diana Conte CamerinoUnit of Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacy-Drug Science, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy.
Annamaria De LucaUnit of Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacy-Drug Science, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy.
University of Bari Aldo Moro · ITAxxam (Italy) · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mexiletine (Mex) has been recently appointed as an orphan-drug in myotonic-syndromes, being a potent use-dependent blocker of skeletal-muscle sodium channels (Na

Indexed as

anti-myotonic agentantioxidant actionC2C12 cellsmexiletinemuscular dystrophyskeletal musclesodium channelvoltage-clamp recordings

Identifiers

PMID29379434
PMCPMC5770958
OpenAlexW2783686565

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