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ReviewInternational journal of peptide research and therapeutics2021

Potential Antioxidative, Anti-inflammatory and Immunomodulatory Effects of Ghrelin, an Endogenous Peptide from the Stomach in SARS-CoV2 Infection.

Abbas Jafari, Sonia Sadeghpour, Hojat Ghasemnejad-Berenji, Sarvin Pashapour, Morteza Ghasemnejad-Berenji

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Review in International journal of peptide research and therapeutics, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Special Issue "Hormone Signaling in Human Health and Diseases".International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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  3. Anti-inflammatory peptide therapeutics and the role of sulphur containing amino acids (cysteine and methionine) in inflammation suppression: A review.Inflammation research : official journal of the European Histamine Research Society ... [et al.] · 2024
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  8. Regulatory Peptides in Asthma.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021
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  9. Neuropsychiatric Disorders and COVID-19: What We Know So Far.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Abbas JafariDepartment of Toxicology and Neurophysiology Research Center, Faculty of Health, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, Iran.
Sonia SadeghpourDepartment of Obstetrics & Gynecology, School of Medicine, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, Iran.
Hojat Ghasemnejad-BerenjiDepartment of Anatomy and Reproductive Biology, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Sarvin PashapourDepartment of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, Iran.
Morteza Ghasemnejad-BerenjiDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, School of Pharmacy, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, PO Box 5715799313, Urmia, Iran.ORCID 0000-0001-5672-9202
Urmia University · IRShahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences · IR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The current COVID-19 pandemic is one of the most devastating events in recent history. The respiratory effects of this disease include acute respiratory distress syndrome, systemic inflammation, cytokine storm, and pulmonary fibrosis. Ghrelin, an endogenous ligand for the growth hormone secretagogue receptor, is a peptide hormone secreted mainly by the stomach. Interestingly, ghrelin possesses promising antioxidant, anti-and inflammatory effects, making it an attractive agent to reduce the complications of the SARS-CoV-2. In addition, ghrelin exerts a wide range of immunomodulatory and anti-inflammatory effects and can mitigate the uncontrolled cytokine production responsible for acute lung injury by upregulating PPARγ and down-regulating NF-κB expression. Ghrelin has also been reported to enhance Nrf2 expression in inflammatory conditions which led to the suppression of oxidative stress. The current opinion summarizes the evidence for the possible pharmacological benefits of ghrelin in the therapeutic management of SARS-CoV-2 infection.

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COVID-19GhrelinInflammation, NF-κBOxidative stressSARS-CoV-2, PPARγ

Identifiers

PMID33880115
PMCPMC8050636
OpenAlexW3152574599

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