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ReviewNeurobiology of disease2020

Antioxidant drug therapy as a neuroprotective countermeasure of nerve agent toxicity.

Jennifer N Pearson-Smith, Manisha Patel

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Review in Neurobiology of disease, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
15citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.1field-weighted citation impact, top 9% 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

15 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 36 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

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jennifer N Pearson-SmithDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus, 80045, United States of America.
Manisha PatelDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus, 80045, United States of America. Electronic address: Manisha.Patel@ucdenver.edu.
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus · US

Funding

SUPEROXIDE RADICALS IN SEIZURE-INDUCED NEURONAL DEATHR01NS039587 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI PATEL, MANISHA N · 2000 to 2019
$5.9M
Neuroprotective effects of AEOL 10150 against organophosphate toxicityU01NS083422 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI PATEL, MANISHA N · 2013 to 2017
$4.3M
Mitochondrial Mechanisms of Astrogliosis in EpilesyR37NS039587 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI MANISHA N PATEL · 2022 to 2026
$2.8M
Evaluation of Neuroprotective Effects of AEOL10150 against Chemical Threat AgentsR21NS072099 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI PATEL, MANISHA N · 2011 to 2012
$805k
NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS039587NINDS NIH HHS R21 NS072099NINDS NIH HHS R37 NS039587NINDS NIH HHS U01 NS083422
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The use of chemical warfare agents is an ongoing, significant threat to both civilians and military personnel worldwide. Nerve agents are by far the most formidable toxicants in terms of their lethality and toxicity. Nerve agents initiate neurotoxicity by the irreversible inhibition of acetylcholinesterase and resultant accumulation of acetylcholine in excitable tissues. The cholinergic toxidrome presents as miosis, lacrimation, diarrhea, fasciculations, seizures, respiratory arrest and coma. Current medical countermeasures can attenuate acute mortality and confer limited protection against secondary neuronal injury when given rapidly after exposure. However, there is an urgent need for the development of novel, add-on neuroprotective therapies to prevent mortality and long-term toxicity of nerve agents. Increasing evidence suggests that pathways other than direct acetylcholinesterase inhibition contribute to neurotoxicity and secondary neuronal injury. Among these, oxidative stress is emerging as a key therapeutic target for nerve agent toxicity. In this review, we discuss the rationale for targeting oxidative stress in nerve agent toxicity and highlight research investigating antioxidant therapy as a neuroprotective medical countermeasure to attenuate oxidative stress, neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration.

Indexed as

AnimalsAntioxidantsHumansNerve AgentsNeuroprotective AgentsNeurotoxicity SyndromesOxidative StressAntioxidantsNerve AgentsNeuroprotective AgentsAcetylcholinesteraseOrganophosphatesOxidative stressReactive oxygen species

Identifiers

PMID31028872
PMCPMC7721294
OpenAlexW2942197600

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