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ReviewNature reviews. Drug discovery2020

Poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase inhibition: past, present and future.

Nicola J Curtin, Csaba Szabo

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Review in Nature reviews. Drug discovery, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 302 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
302citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
27.2field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

302 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 552 citations in OpenAlex.

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242 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Nicola J CurtinTranslational and Clinical Research Institute, Newcastle University Centre for Cancer, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. nicola.curtin@newcastle.ac.uk.
Csaba SzaboChair of Pharmacology, Section of Science and Medicine, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland. csaba.szabo@unifr.ch.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3110-4235
Newcastle University · GBUniversity of Fribourg · CH

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The process of poly(ADP-ribosyl)ation and the major enzyme that catalyses this reaction, poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase 1 (PARP1), were discovered more than 50 years ago. Since then, advances in our understanding of the roles of PARP1 in cellular processes such as DNA repair, gene transcription and cell death have allowed the investigation of therapeutic PARP inhibition for a variety of diseases - particularly cancers in which defects in DNA repair pathways make tumour cells highly sensitive to the inhibition of PARP activity. Efforts to identify and evaluate potent PARP inhibitors have so far led to the regulatory approval of four PARP inhibitors for the treatment of several types of cancer, and PARP inhibitors have also shown therapeutic potential in treating non-oncological diseases. This Review provides a timeline of PARP biology and medicinal chemistry, summarizes the pathophysiological processes in which PARP plays a role and highlights key opportunities and challenges in the field, such as counteracting PARP inhibitor resistance during cancer therapy and repurposing PARP inhibitors for the treatment of non-oncological diseases.

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AnimalsAntineoplastic AgentsDNA DamageDNA RepairHumansNeoplasmsPoly(ADP-ribose) Polymerase InhibitorsPoly(ADP-ribose) PolymerasesAntineoplastic AgentsPoly(ADP-ribose) Polymerase InhibitorsPoly(ADP-ribose) Polymerases

Identifiers

PMID32884152
OpenAlexW3081569548

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