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ReviewRSC medicinal chemistry2021

Small molecule therapeutics for neuroinflammation-mediated neurodegenerative disorders.

Silke Miller, Maria-Jesus Blanco

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Review in RSC medicinal chemistry, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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8citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
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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, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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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

2 authors.

Silke MillerSage Therapeutics, Inc. 215 First Street Cambridge Massachusetts 02142 USA maria-jesus.blanco@sagerx.com.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1124-3484
Maria-Jesus BlancoSage Therapeutics, Inc. 215 First Street Cambridge Massachusetts 02142 USA maria-jesus.blanco@sagerx.com.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4333-365X

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chronically activated microglia and the resulting cascade of neuroinflammatory mechanisms have been postulated to play a critical role in neurodegenerative disorders. Microglia are the main component of the brain's innate immune system and become activated by infection, injury, misfolded proteins or a multitude of other stimuli. Activated microglia release pro-inflammatory and cytotoxic factors that can damage neurons and transform astrocytes to become toxic to neurons as well. Therapeutic approaches aiming to modulate microglia activation may be beneficial to mitigate the progression of inflammatory-mediated neurodegenerative diseases. In this literature review, we provide an overview of recent progress on key microglia targets and discovery of small molecule compounds advancing in clinical trials to minimize neuroinflammation.

Identifiers

PMID34223157
PMCPMC8221257

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