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ArticleChemMedChem2023

Metabolism of (R)-Praziquantel versus the Activation of a Parasite Transient Receptor Potential Melastatin Ion Channel.

Lukas Friedrich, Sang-Kyu Park, Peter Ballard, Tobias Hyun Ho Baeurle, David Maillard, Matthias Bödding, Jennifer Keiser, Jonathan S Marchant, Thomas Spangenberg

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Article in ChemMedChem, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
2.2field-weighted citation impact, top 15% 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

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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

5 citing papers in PubMed, 8 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

9 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Lukas FriedrichGlobal Research & Development, Merck Healthcare KGaA, Frankfurter Str. 250, 64293, Darmstadt, Germany.
Sang-Kyu ParkDepartment of Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Anatomy, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee WI, 53226, USA.
Peter BallardPB DMPK Consulting Ltd., Chinley, SK236BQ, UK.
Tobias Hyun Ho BaeurleSite Management-Analytics, Merck Healthcare KGaA, 64293, Darmstadt, Germany.
David MaillardCentral Process Development-Downstream Processing Services, Merck Electronics KGaA, Frankfurter Str. 250, 64293, Darmstadt, Germany.
Matthias BöddingMerck Healthcare KGaA, Frankfurter Str. 250, 64293, Darmstadt, Germany.
Jennifer KeiserDepartment of Medical Parasitology and Infection Biology, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Kreuzstr. 2, 4123, Allschwil, Switzerland.
Jonathan S MarchantDepartment of Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Anatomy, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee WI, 53226, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6592-0877
Thomas SpangenbergGlobal Health Institute of Merck, Ares Trading S.A., a subsidiary of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt Germany, 1262, Eysins, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-5654-8919
Merck (Germany) · DEMedical College of Wisconsin · USDB Engineering & Consulting (Germany) · DESwiss Tropical and Public Health Institute · CH

Funding

Resolving the properties of schistosome TRPMPZQ, the target of the anthelmintic drug praziquantelR01AI145871 · NIAID · MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN · PI Wei Liu, JONATHAN S MARCHANT · 2020 to 2026
$3.1M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI145871
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Praziquantel (PZQ) is an essential anthelmintic drug recently established to be an activator of a Transient Receptor Potential Melastatin (TRPM

Indexed as

AnthelminticsParasitesTransient Receptor Potential ChannelsTRPM Cation ChannelsAnimalsHumansPraziquantelSchistosoma mansoniAnthelminticsPraziquantelTransient Receptor Potential ChannelsTRPM Cation Channelsmetabolitepraziquantelschistosomiasisstructure-activity relationshipstransient receptor potential melastatin

Identifiers

PMID37272317
PMCPMC10530395
OpenAlexW4379376264

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Registered trials

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