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ReviewFrontiers in pharmacology2023

Neurotrophic basis to the pathogenesis of depression and phytotherapy.

Huiqin Wang, Yantao Yang, Gang Pei, Zhenzhen Wang, Naihong Chen

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Review in Frontiers in pharmacology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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16citing papers in PubMed
2.8field-weighted citation impact, top 10% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

16 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Huiqin WangHunan University of Chinese Medicine and Hunan Engineering Technology Center of Standardization and Function of Chinese Herbal Decoction Pieces, Changsha, Hunan, China.
Yantao YangHunan University of Chinese Medicine and Hunan Engineering Technology Center of Standardization and Function of Chinese Herbal Decoction Pieces, Changsha, Hunan, China.
Gang PeiHunan University of Chinese Medicine and Hunan Engineering Technology Center of Standardization and Function of Chinese Herbal Decoction Pieces, Changsha, Hunan, China.
Zhenzhen WangState Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substances and Functions of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica and Neuroscience Center, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.
Naihong ChenHunan University of Chinese Medicine and Hunan Engineering Technology Center of Standardization and Function of Chinese Herbal Decoction Pieces, Changsha, Hunan, China.
Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College · CNHunan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Depression is a major neuropsychiatric disease that considerably impacts individuals' psychosocial function and life quality. Neurotrophic factors are now connected to the pathogenesis of depression, while the definitive neurotrophic basis remains elusive. Besides, phytotherapy is alternative to conventional antidepressants that may minimize undesirable adverse reactions. Thus, further research into the interaction between neurotrophic factors and depression and phytochemicals that repair neurotrophic factors deficit is highly required. This review highlighted the implication of neurotrophic factors in depression, with a focus on the brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF), vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), and nerve growth factor (NGF), and detailed the antidepressant activities of various phytochemicals targeting neurotrophic factors. Additionally, we presented future opportunities for novel diagnostic and therapeutic strategies for depression and provided solutions to challenges in this area to accelerate the clinical translation of neurotrophic factors for the treatment of depression.

Indexed as

antidepressantdepressionneurotrophic basisneurotrophic factorspathogenesisphytochemicalsphytotherapy

Identifiers

PMID37089920
PMCPMC10115971
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