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ArticleFrontiers in pharmacology2022

Beneficial Metabolic Effects of Praliciguat, a Soluble Guanylate Cyclase Stimulator, in a Mouse Diet-Induced Obesity Model.

Chad D Schwartzkopf, John R Hadcock, Guang Liu, Peter Germano, Julien Roux, Courtney M Shea, Emmanuel S Buys, Juli E Jones

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Article in Frontiers in pharmacology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
  2. Temporal Dissociation of Impaired Glucose Tolerance, Adipose Lipid Remodeling and Endothelial Dysfunction in Aorta After HFD Withdrawal.FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2026
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  3. Adipocyte Browning: A Promising Avenue in Anti-Obesity Therapy.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Chad D SchwartzkopfCyclerion Therapeutics, Cambridge, MA, United States.
John R HadcockCyclerion Therapeutics, Cambridge, MA, United States.
Guang LiuCyclerion Therapeutics, Cambridge, MA, United States.
Peter GermanoCyclerion Therapeutics, Cambridge, MA, United States.
Julien RouxBiomeostasis, Marseille, France.
Courtney M SheaCyclerion Therapeutics, Cambridge, MA, United States.
Emmanuel S BuysCyclerion Therapeutics, Cambridge, MA, United States.
Juli E JonesCyclerion Therapeutics, Cambridge, MA, United States.
Cyclerion (United States) · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Praliciguat is a soluble guanylate cyclase stimulator that elicits hemodynamic, anti-inflammatory, and antifibrotic effects in preclinical models of metabolic dysfunction. We assessed the metabolic effects of praliciguat in a mouse diet-induced obesity (DIO) model housed at thermoneutrality. At 6 weeks old, male C57BL/6N mice were either maintained on low-fat diet (LFD, lean mice) or placed on 60% high-fat diet (HFD, DIO mice). At 14 weeks old, the DIO mice were either maintained on HFD or switched to HFD with praliciguat (6-mg/kg). Day 28 samples were collected for biomarker analysis. In a second study under the same paradigm, indirect calorimetry was performed on days 8, 9, 20, 21, 32, and 33 and an oral lipid tolerance test (LTT) on day 38. Mice treated 28 days with praliciguat had lower levels of fasting plasma insulin, C-peptide, triglycerides, and HOMA-IR (homeostatic model assessment for insulin resistance) than DIO controls. In addition, energy expenditure was higher in praliciguat-treated than in DIO control mice on days 9, 20, 32, and 33; and day-38 triglycerides were lower. HFD-induced increases in gene expression of liver TNF-ɑ, lipoprotein lipase (

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cGMP (cyclic GMP)metabolic diseasenitric oxideobesitypraliciguatsoluble guanylate cyclase (sGC)thermoneutrality

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PMID35308230
PMCPMC8931041
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