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ReviewClinical and translational science2018

Clinical and Functional Relevance of the Monocarboxylate Transporter Family in Disease Pathophysiology and Drug Therapy.

Pascale Fisel, Elke Schaeffeler, Matthias Schwab

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Review in Clinical and translational science, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 65 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
65citing papers in PubMed
7.8field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

65 citing papers in PubMed, 112 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

3 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Pascale FiselDr. Margarete Fischer-Bosch Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, Stuttgart, Germany.
Elke SchaeffelerDr. Margarete Fischer-Bosch Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, Stuttgart, Germany.
Matthias SchwabDr. Margarete Fischer-Bosch Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, Stuttgart, Germany.
Dr. Margarete Fischer-Bosch-Institute of Clinical Pharmacology · DEHeidelberg University · DERobert Bosch (Germany) · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The solute carrier (SLC) SLC16 gene family comprises 14 members and encodes for monocarboxylate transporters (MCTs), which mediate the absorption and distribution of monocarboxylic compounds across plasma membranes. As the knowledge about their physiological function, activity, and regulation increases, their involvement and contribution to cancer and other diseases become increasingly evident. Moreover, promising opportunities for therapeutic interventions by directly targeting their endogenous functions or by exploiting their ability to deliver drugs to specific organ sites emerge.

Indexed as

AnimalsDiseaseDisease Models, AnimalHumansMolecular Targeted TherapyMonocarboxylic Acid TransportersSignal TransductionMonocarboxylic Acid Transporters

Identifiers

PMID29660777
PMCPMC6039204
OpenAlexW2803086279

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