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ReviewNature reviews. Drug discovery2023

Derivatization with fatty acids in peptide and protein drug discovery.

Peter Kurtzhals, Søren Østergaard, Erica Nishimura, Thomas Kjeldsen

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Review in Nature reviews. Drug discovery, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 52 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
52citing papers in PubMed
14.8field-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

52 citing papers in PubMed, 114 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Peter KurtzhalsNovo Nordisk A/S, Bagsværd, Denmark. pkur@novonordisk.com.ORCID 0000-0003-0392-1000
Søren ØstergaardNovo Nordisk A/S, Bagsværd, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0002-9415-3352
Erica NishimuraNovo Nordisk A/S, Bagsværd, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0001-5741-3648
Thomas KjeldsenNovo Nordisk A/S, Bagsværd, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0003-0094-9286
Novo Nordisk (Denmark) · DK

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Peptides and proteins are widely used to treat a range of medical conditions; however, they often have to be injected and their effects are short-lived. These shortcomings of the native structure can be addressed by molecular engineering, but this is a complex undertaking. A molecular engineering technology initially applied to insulin - and which has now been successfully applied to several biopharmaceuticals - entails the derivatization of peptides and proteins with fatty acids. Various protraction mechanisms are enabled by the specific characteristics and positions of the attached fatty acid. Furthermore, the technology can ensure a long half-life following oral administration of peptide drugs, can alter the distribution of peptides and may hold potential for tissue targeting. Due to the inherent safety and well-defined chemical nature of the fatty acids, this technology provides a versatile approach to peptide and protein drug discovery.

Indexed as

Drug DiscoveryFatty AcidsProteinsHumansInsulinPeptidesFatty AcidsInsulinPeptidesProteins

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PMID36002588
OpenAlexW4293103647

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