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ReviewBiomedicines2020

Synthesis and Biomedical Potential of Azapeptide Modulators of the Cluster of Differentiation 36 Receptor (CD36).

Caroline Proulx, Jinqiang Zhang, David Sabatino, Sylvain Chemtob, Huy Ong, William D Lubell

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Review in Biomedicines, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
11citing papers in PubMed
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 19% 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

11 citing papers in PubMed, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Automation of the Azapeptide Submonomer Synthesis Method.Journal of peptide science : an official publication of the European Peptide Society · 2026
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  5. Access toACS organic & inorganic Au · 2025
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  6. Azapeptide Atropisomers From Late-StageThe Journal of organic chemistry · 2025
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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

6 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Caroline ProulxDepartment of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3851-793X
Jinqiang ZhangInnovative Drug Research Centre, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Natural Product Synthesis and Drug Research, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chongqing University, Chongqing 401331, China.
David SabatinoDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Seton Hall University, 400 South Orange Ave, South Orange, NJ 07079, USA.
Sylvain ChemtobDépartement d'Ophtalmologie, Université de Montréal, C.P. 6128, Succursale Centre-Ville, Montréal, QC H3C3J7, Canada.
Huy OngFaculté de Pharmacie, Université de Montréal, C.P. 6128, Succursale Centre-Ville, Montréal, QC H3C3J7, Canada.
William D LubellDépartement de Chimie, Université de Montréal, C.P. 6128, Succursale Centre-Ville, Montréal, QC H3C3J7, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-3080-2712
Université de Montréal · CAChongqing University · CNNorth Carolina State University · USSeton Hall University · US

Funding

Amorchem Holdings Inc. ContractCIHR MOP89716CIHR PPP-90157Ministère du Développement Économique, de l'Innovation et de l'Exportation du Gouvernement provincial du Québec PSVT3-21396Mperia Therapeutics Inc. ContractNatural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada 163973Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Discovery Research Project #04079
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The innovative development of azapeptide analogues of growth hormone releasing peptide-6 (GHRP-6) has produced selective modulators of the cluster of differentiation 36 receptor (CD36). The azapeptide CD36 modulators curb macrophage-driven inflammation and mitigate atherosclerotic and angiogenic pathology. In macrophages activated with Toll-like receptor-2 heterodimer agonist, they reduced nitric oxide production and proinflammatory cytokine release. In a mouse choroidal explant microvascular sprouting model, they inhibited neovascularization. In murine models of cardiovascular injury, CD36-selective azapeptide modulators exhibited cardioprotective and anti-atherosclerotic effects. In subretinal inflammation models, they altered activated mononuclear phagocyte metabolism and decreased immune responses to alleviate subsequent inflammation-dependent neuronal injury associated with retinitis pigmentosa, diabetic retinopathy and age-related macular degeneration. The translation of GHRP-6 to potent and selective linear and cyclic azapeptide modulators of CD36 is outlined in this review which highlights the relevance of turn geometry for activity and the biomedical potential of prototypes for the beneficial treatment of a wide range of cardiovascular, metabolic and immunological disorders.

Indexed as

age-related macular degenerationatherosclerosisCD36macrophage-driven inflammationpeptidesemicarbazide

Identifiers

PMID32717955
PMCPMC7459725
OpenAlexW3043847505

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