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ReviewJournal of pain research2023

A Review of the Therapeutic Targeting of SCN9A and Nav1.7 for Pain Relief in Current Human Clinical Trials.

Anton Dormer, Mahesh Narayanan, Jerome Schentag, Daniel Achinko, Elton Norman, James Kerrigan, Gary Jay, William Heydorn

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Review in Journal of pain research, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers.

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27citing papers in PubMed
5.4field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

27 citing papers in PubMed, 35 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

8 authors.

Anton DormerResearch and Development, Pepvax, Inc, Silver Spring, MD, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2432-8206
Mahesh NarayananResearch and Development, Pepvax, Inc, Silver Spring, MD, USA.
Jerome SchentagResearch and Development, Pepvax, Inc, Silver Spring, MD, USA.
Daniel AchinkoResearch and Development, Pepvax, Inc, Silver Spring, MD, USA.
Elton NormanResearch and Development, Pepvax, Inc, Silver Spring, MD, USA.
James KerriganResearch and Development, Navintus, Inc, Princeton, NJ, USA.
Gary JayResearch and Development, Navintus, Inc, Princeton, NJ, USA.
William HeydornResearch and Development, Navintus, Inc, Princeton, NJ, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Introduction: There is a great need to find alternative treatments for chronic pain which have become a healthcare problem. We discuss current therapeutic targeting Nav1.7. Areas Covered: Nav1.7 is a sodium ion channel protein that is associated with several human pain genetic syndromes. It has been found that mutations associated with Nav1.7 lead to the loss of the ability to perceive pain in individuals that are otherwise normal. Several therapeutic interventions are presently undergoing preclinical and research using the methodology of damping Nav1.7 expressions as a methodology to decrease the sensation of pain leading to analgesia. Expert Opinion: It is our strong belief that there is a viable future in the targeting of protein of Nav1.7 for the relief of chronic pain in humans. The review will look at the genomics associated with SCN1A and proteomic of Nav1.7 as a foundation to explain the mechanism of the therapeutic interventions targeting Nav1.7, the human disease that are associated with Nav1.7, and the current development of treatment for chronic pain whether in preclinical or clinical trials targeting Nav1.7 expressions. The development of therapeutic antagonists targeting Nav1.7 could be a viable alternative to the current treatments which have led to the opioid crisis. Therefore, Nav1.7 targeted treatment has a major clinical significance that will have positive consequences as it relates to chronic pain interventions.

Indexed as

chronic painNav1.7opioid crisisSCN9A

Identifiers

PMID37168847
PMCPMC10166096
OpenAlexW4368617547

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