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ReviewPharmaceutics2018

Molecular Targeting of Acid Ceramidase in Glioblastoma: A Review of Its Role, Potential Treatment, and Challenges.

Ha S Nguyen, Ahmed J Awad, Saman Shabani, Ninh Doan

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Review in Pharmaceutics, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
16citing papers in PubMed
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 13% 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

16 citing papers in PubMed, 24 citations in OpenAlex.

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  9. Ceramide Analogue SACLAC Modulates Sphingolipid Levels andMolecular cancer research : MCR · 2020
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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

4 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Ha S NguyenDepartment of Neurosurgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA. hsnguyen@mcw.edu.
Ahmed J AwadDepartment of Neurosurgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA. aawad@mcw.edu.
Saman ShabaniDepartment of Neurosurgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA. sshabani@mcw.edu.
Ninh DoanDepartment of Neurosurgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA. ndoan@mcw.edu.
Medical College of Wisconsin · USAn-Najah National University · PSUniversity of South Alabama · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Glioblastoma is the most common, malignant primary tumor of the central nervous system. The average prognosis for life expectancy after diagnosis, with the triad of surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy, is less than 1.5 years. Chemotherapy treatment is mostly limited to temozolomide. In this paper, the authors review an emerging, novel drug called acid ceramidase, which targets glioblastoma. Its role in cancer treatment in general, and more specifically, in the treatment of glioblastoma, are discussed. In addition, the authors provide insights on acid ceramidase as a potential druggable target for glioblastoma.

Indexed as

acid ceramidaseacid ceramidase inhibitorscarmofurglioblastomaradiationradioresistanceS1Psphingosinesphingosine-1-phosphate

Identifiers

PMID29642535
PMCPMC6027516
OpenAlexW2796912217

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