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ReviewFrontiers in pharmacology2022

Targeting pancreatic stellate cells in chronic pancreatitis: Focus on therapeutic drugs and natural compounds.

Yang Wu, Chun Zhang, Mei Guo, Weikang Hu, Yangling Qiu, Mengran Li, Dong Xu, Pengfei Wu, Jing Sun, Run Shi and 2 more

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Review 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 8 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
8citing papers in PubMed
2.2field-weighted citation impact, top 12% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Yang WuPancreas Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Chun ZhangGastroenterology Department, Jiangsu Province Hospital of Chinese Medicine, Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China.
Mei GuoJiangsu Key Laboratory for Pharmacology and Safety Evaluation of Chinese Materia Medica, School of Pharmacy, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China.
Weikang HuPancreas Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Yangling QiuJiangsu Key Laboratory for Pharmacology and Safety Evaluation of Chinese Materia Medica, School of Pharmacy, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China.
Mengran LiJiangsu Key Laboratory for Pharmacology and Safety Evaluation of Chinese Materia Medica, School of Pharmacy, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China.
Dong XuPancreas Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Pengfei WuPancreas Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Jing SunDepartment of Endocrinology, Jiangsu Province Hospital of Chinese Medicine, Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China.
Run ShiDepartment of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Zili ZhangJiangsu Key Laboratory for Pharmacology and Safety Evaluation of Chinese Materia Medica, School of Pharmacy, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China.
Kuirong JiangPancreas Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Jiangsu Province Hospital · CNNanjing University of Chinese Medicine · CNNanjing Medical University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chronic pancreatitis (CP) is a precancerous illness linked to pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC), although the evolutionary mechanism is uncertain. CP is distinguished by severe fibrosis caused by the activation of pancreatic stellate cells (PSCs). The current clinical therapeutic protocol for CP lacks specific therapeutic medicines for the prevention and suppression of inflammation and fibrosis aggravating in CP. More research on specifically targeting PSCs would help facilitate the development of novel therapies for pancreatic fibrosis. Notably, using natural compounds from medicinal plants as new antifibrotic agents has become a focus of recent research and is widely employed as an alternative and complementary approach. Our goal was to shed light on the role of PSCs in the development of CP and provide a focused update on the new potential therapeutic strategies against PSCs in CP models. Future studies can refer to these possible strategies for drug design, bioavailability, pharmacokinetics, and other issues to obtain better clinical outcomes for treating CP.

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anti-fibrotic drugCPnatural compoundspancreatic fibrosisPSCs

Identifiers

PMID36339568
PMCPMC9627273
OpenAlexW4306816549

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