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ReviewCurrent opinion in pharmacology2019

Identification of anti-prion drugs and targets using toxicity-based assays.

Robert Cc Mercer, David A Harris

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In one paragraph

Review in Current opinion in pharmacology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
10citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 39% 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

10 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
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  4. Enhanced lysosomal activity prevents infection with PrPThe Journal of biological chemistry · 2026
    Article
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  6. Review
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  9. Mechanisms of prion-induced toxicity.Cell and tissue research · 2023
    Review
  10. The Compelling Demand for an Effective PrPACS medicinal chemistry letters · 2020
    Article
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

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Robert Cc MercerBoston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, United States.
David A HarrisBoston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, United States. Electronic address: daharris@bu.edu.
Boston University · US

Funding

Mechanisms of Prion Protein ToxicityR01NS065244 · NINDS · BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CAMPUS · PI HARRIS, DAVID A · 2010 to 2025
$8.9M
Genomic and Proteomic Analysis of Prion SynaptotoxicityR21NS107755 · NINDS · BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CAMPUS · PI HARRIS, DAVID A · 2018 to 2019
$454k
Identification of Anti-Prion Drug TargetsR21NS101659 · NINDS · BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CAMPUS · PI HARRIS, DAVID A · 2017 to 2018
$453k
NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS065244NINDS NIH HHS R21 NS101659NINDS NIH HHS R21 NS107755
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Prion diseases are untreatable and invariably fatal, making the discovery of effective therapeutic interventions a priority. Most candidate molecules have been discovered based on their ability to reduce the levels of PrP

Indexed as

Biological AssayDrug DiscoveryAnimalsBrainHumansNeuronsPrion DiseasesPrion ProteinsPrion Proteins

Identifiers

PMID30684854
PMCPMC6561806
OpenAlexW2913356574

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Registered trials

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