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ReviewFrontiers in pharmacology2018

Therapeutic Potential of Enoxaparin in Lichen Planus: Exploring Reasons for Inconsistent Reports.

Rahul P Patel, Madhur D Shastri, Long Chiau Ming, Syed Tabish R Zaidi, Gregory M Peterson

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Review in Frontiers in pharmacology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 32% 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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 8 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

5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Rahul P PatelPharmacy, School of Medicine, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS, Australia.
Madhur D ShastriSchool of Health Sciences, University of Tasmania, Launceston, TAS, Australia.
Long Chiau MingPharmacy, School of Medicine, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS, Australia.
Syed Tabish R ZaidiPharmacy, School of Medicine, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS, Australia.
Gregory M PetersonPharmacy, School of Medicine, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS, Australia.
University of Tasmania · AUUniversiti Teknologi MARA · MY

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Lichen planus (LP) is an uncommon mucocutaneous inflammatory condition, that is immunologically mediated, typically pruritic and often recurs. The currently advocated therapies are either not highly effective or associated with severe side effects. Enoxaparin, a widely used anticoagulant, is composed of both anticoagulant and non-anticoagulant fragments. Enoxaparin is reported to have anti-inflammatory properties and it was found to be effective in LP. However, the results from clinical studies have varied substantially and, therefore, the clinical role of enoxaparin in LP remains uncertain. This review focuses on potential reasons for the reported inconsistent outcomes, as well as proposing solutions; these include identifying batch-to-batch inconsistency in the composition of enoxaparin. The potential therapeutic value of enoxaparin in LP must be explored using well-designed clinical trials, combined with experimental studies that focus on identifying the anti-inflammatory fragments of enoxaparin and elucidating the mechanism of action of these non-anticoagulant fragments.

Indexed as

anti-inflammatorybatch-to-batch variationchromatographyenoxaparinheparinlichen planusnon-anticoagulantresponse

Identifiers

PMID29922163
PMCPMC5996198
OpenAlexW2805155234

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