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Exogenous Flupirtine as Potential Treatment for CLN3 Disease.

Katia Maalouf, Joelle Makoukji, Sara Saab, Nadine J Makhoul, Angelica V Carmona, Nihar Kinarivala, Noël Ghanem, Paul C Trippier, Rose-Mary Boustany

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Article in Cells, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
8citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 30% 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

8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 9 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

9 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Katia MaaloufDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut 1107 2020, Lebanon.
Joelle MakoukjiDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut 1107 2020, Lebanon.
Sara SaabDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut 1107 2020, Lebanon.
Nadine J MakhoulDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut 1107 2020, Lebanon.
Angelica V CarmonaDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198-6120, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9722-5254
Nihar KinarivalaDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Jerry H. Hodge School of Pharmacy, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Amarillo, TX 79106, USA.
Noël GhanemDepartment of Biology, American University of Beirut, Beirut 1107 2020, Lebanon.
Paul C TrippierDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198-6120, USA.
Rose-Mary BoustanyDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut 1107 2020, Lebanon.
American University of Beirut Medical Center · LBNebraska Medical Center · USAmerican University of Beirut · LBTexas Tech University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

CLN3 disease is a fatal neurodegenerative disorder affecting children. Hallmarks include brain atrophy, accelerated neuronal apoptosis, and ceramide elevation. Treatment regimens are supportive, highlighting the importance of novel, disease-modifying drugs. Flupirtine and its new allyl carbamate derivative (compound 6) confer neuroprotective effects in CLN3-deficient cells. This study lays the groundwork for investigating beneficial effects in

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AminopyridinesAnimalsApoptosisCeramidesCorticosteroneFemaleGliosisImmunoassayImmunohistochemistryLearningMaleMembrane GlycoproteinsMemoryMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMolecular ChaperonesAminopyridinesCeramidesCLN3 protein, mouseCorticosteroneflupirtineMembrane GlycoproteinsMolecular Chaperonesallyl carbamate derivativeapoptosisceramideCLN3 diseaseCln3Δex7/8 miceflupirtineneurodegenerationsphingolipids

Identifiers

PMID32796515
PMCPMC7464162
OpenAlexW3048096824

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