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ReviewMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2021

From Angiotensin II to Cyclic Peptides and Angiotensin Receptor Blockers (ARBs): Perspectives of ARBs in COVID-19 Therapy.

John Matsoukas, Vasso Apostolopoulos, Anthony Zulli, Graham Moore, Konstantinos Kelaidonis, Kalliopi Moschovou, Thomas Mavromoustakos

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In one paragraph

Review in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
13citing papers in PubMed
2.4field-weighted citation impact, top 10% 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

13 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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  10. Covid-19 and development of heart failure: mystery and truth.Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology · 2021
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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

7 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

John MatsoukasInstitute for Health and Sport, Victoria University, Melbourne, VIC 3030, Australia.
Vasso ApostolopoulosInstitute for Health and Sport, Victoria University, Melbourne, VIC 3030, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-6788-2771
Anthony ZulliInstitute for Health and Sport, Victoria University, Melbourne, VIC 3030, Australia.
Graham MoorePepmetics Inc., 772 Murphy Place, Victoria, BC V8Y 3H4, Canada.
Konstantinos KelaidonisNewDrug, P.C., Patras Science Park, 26504 Patras, Greece.
Kalliopi MoschovouDepartment of Chemistry, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Zographou, 15784 Athens, Greece.
Thomas MavromoustakosDepartment of Chemistry, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Zographou, 15784 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0001-5309-992X
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens · GRVictoria University · AUUniversity of Calgary · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The octapeptide hormone angiotensin II is one of the most studied peptides with the aim of designing and synthesizing non-peptide mimetics for oral administration. To achieve this, cyclizations at different positions within the peptide molecule has been a useful strategy to define the active conformation. These studies on angiotensin II led to the discovery of Sarmesin, a type II angiotensin II antagonist, and the breakthrough non-peptide mimetic Losartan, the first in a series of sartans marketed as a new generation of anti-hypertensive drugs in the 1990s. Angiotensin II receptor blockers (ARBS) and angiotensin I converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEI) were recently reported to protect hypertensive patients infected with SARS-CoV-2. The renin-angiotensin system (RAS) inhibitors reduce excess angiotensin II and increase antagonist heptapeptides alamandine and aspamandine which counterbalance angiotensin II and maintain homeostasis and vasodilation.

Indexed as

COVID-19 Drug TreatmentAngiotensin IIAngiotensin Receptor AntagonistsCOVID-19HumansHypertensionRenin-Angiotensin SystemSARS-CoV-2Angiotensin IIAngiotensin Receptor Antagonistsangiotensin IICovid 19cyclic peptidesmimeticsRASSarmesinSars-CoV-2Sartanstransdermal delivery

Identifiers

PMID33504092
PMCPMC7865783
OpenAlexW3124166787

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Registered trials

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