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ReviewNature reviews. Drug discovery2022

Emerging therapeutic opportunities for integrin inhibitors.

R J Slack, S J F Macdonald, J A Roper, R G Jenkins, R J D Hatley

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Review in Nature reviews. Drug discovery, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 310 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
310citing papers in PubMed
47.7field-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

310 citing papers in PubMed, 530 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Understanding and targeting the tumour matrisome.Nature reviews. Clinical oncology · 2026
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  6. Secondary Site Ligand for Integrin αVβ3 Enables Targeted mRNA Delivery.Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) · 2026
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  11. Fibronectin-induced overactivation of αNature communications · 2026
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  18. Halofuginone is a Molecular Glue Degrader of Integrin β4.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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  19. The roles and heterogeneity of CD8International journal of molecular medicine · 2026
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250 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

5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

R J SlackGlaxoSmithKline R&D, Stevenage, UK.
S J F MacdonaldRGDscience Ltd, Hitchin, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-4859-8246
J A RoperGlaxoSmithKline R&D, Stevenage, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-8910-6033
R G JenkinsNational Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-7929-2119
R J D HatleyRGDscience Ltd, Hitchin, UK. richardhatley@rgdscience.com.ORCID 0000-0002-3172-2511
Animal Free Research UK · GBGlaxoSmithKline (United Kingdom) · GBImperial College London · GB

Funding

Medical Research Council G0901226
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Integrins are cell adhesion and signalling proteins crucial to a wide range of biological functions. Effective marketed treatments have successfully targeted integrins αIIbβ3, α4β7/α4β1 and αLβ2 for cardiovascular diseases, inflammatory bowel disease/multiple sclerosis and dry eye disease, respectively. Yet, clinical development of others, notably within the RGD-binding subfamily of αv integrins, including αvβ3, have faced significant challenges in the fields of cancer, ophthalmology and osteoporosis. New inhibitors of the related integrins αvβ6 and αvβ1 have recently come to the fore and are being investigated clinically for the treatment of fibrotic diseases, including idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis. The design of integrin drugs may now be at a turning point, with opportunities to learn from previous clinical trials, to explore new modalities and to incorporate new findings in pharmacological and structural biology. This Review intertwines research from biological, clinical and medicinal chemistry disciplines to discuss historical and current RGD-binding integrin drug discovery, with an emphasis on small-molecule inhibitors of the αv integrins.

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AnimalsDrug DiscoveryHumansIntegrinsProtein BindingSmall Molecule LibrariesIntegrinsSmall Molecule Libraries

Identifiers

PMID34535788
PMCPMC8446727
OpenAlexW3199815956

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