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ReviewPharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland)2021

Repurposing Drugs to Treat Heart and Brain Illness.

Maranda S Cantrell, Alejandro Soto-Avellaneda, Jackson D Wall, Aaron D Ajeti, Brad E Morrison, Lisa R Warner, Owen M McDougal

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In one paragraph

Review in Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 28% 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

3 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. BicyclicInternational journal of molecular sciences · 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

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Maranda S CantrellBiomolecular Sciences Ph.D. Program, Boise State University, Boise, ID 83725, USA.
Alejandro Soto-AvellanedaBiomolecular Sciences Ph.D. Program, Boise State University, Boise, ID 83725, USA.
Jackson D WallDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Boise State University, Boise, ID 83725, USA.
Aaron D AjetiDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Boise State University, Boise, ID 83725, USA.
Brad E MorrisonDepartment of Biology, Boise State University, Boise, ID 83725, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6356-7149
Lisa R WarnerBiomolecular Sciences Ph.D. Program, Boise State University, Boise, ID 83725, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7542-0144
Owen M McDougalBiomolecular Sciences Ph.D. Program, Boise State University, Boise, ID 83725, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1502-3462
Boise State University · US

Funding

Women's health: interplay of maternal diet and key demographics on neurological health in the rural frontier and remote WestP20GM103408 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO · PI Scott A Minnich · 2012 to 2026
$59.8M
VPS35 D620N inhibits autophagy through disrupted hyaluronic acid-CD44 signalingP20GM109095 · NIGMS · BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY · PI OCHOA-REPARAZ, JAVIER · 2014 to 2023
$22.7M
Autophagy dysfunction in Parkinson's Disease by VPS35 D620NR15NS096702 · NINDS · BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY · PI MORRISON, BRAD · 2016 to 2017
$521k
National Science Foundation - USA 0619793National Science Foundation - USA 0923535NIGMS NIH HHS P20 GM103408NIGMS NIH HHS P20 GM109095NIH HHS 1R01HL138992-01NIH HHS P20GM103408NIH HHS P20GM109095NIH HHS R15NS096702NINDS NIH HHS R15 NS096702Sigma Xi GIAR G201903158399123
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Drug development is a complicated, slow and expensive process with high failure rates. One strategy to mitigate these factors is to recycle existing drugs with viable safety profiles and have gained Food and Drug Administration approval following extensive clinical trials. Cardiovascular and neurodegenerative diseases are difficult to treat, and there exist few effective therapeutics, necessitating the development of new, more efficacious drugs. Recent scientific studies have led to a mechanistic understanding of heart and brain disease progression, which has led researchers to assess myriad drugs for their potential as pharmacological treatments for these ailments. The focus of this review is to survey strategies for the selection of drug repurposing candidates and provide representative case studies where drug repurposing strategies were used to discover therapeutics for cardiovascular and neurodegenerative diseases, with a focus on anti-inflammatory processes where new drug alternatives are needed.

Indexed as

cardiovascular diseasedrug developmentdrug repositioningdrug repurposinginflammationneurodegenerative disease

Identifiers

PMID34208502
PMCPMC8235459
OpenAlexW3170121663

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Registered trials

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