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ReviewGlobal challenges (Hoboken, NJ)2023

Applicability of Redirecting Artemisinins for New Targets.

Jacob Golenser, Nicholas H Hunt, Ida Birman, Charles L Jaffe, Johanna Zech, Karsten Mäder, Daniel Gold

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Review in Global challenges (Hoboken, NJ), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-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

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

6 citing papers in PubMed, 6 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

7 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Jacob GolenserDepartment of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics Kuvin Center for the Study of Infectious and Tropical Diseases The Hebrew University - Hadassah Medical Center Jerusalem Israel.
Nicholas H HuntSchool of Medical Sciences University of Sydney Sydney 2050 Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9516-5147
Ida BirmanDepartment of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics Kuvin Center for the Study of Infectious and Tropical Diseases The Hebrew University - Hadassah Medical Center Jerusalem Israel.
Charles L JaffeDepartment of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics Kuvin Center for the Study of Infectious and Tropical Diseases The Hebrew University - Hadassah Medical Center Jerusalem Israel.
Johanna ZechInstitute of Pharmacy Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg 06108 Halle Germany.
Karsten MäderInstitute of Pharmacy Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg 06108 Halle Germany.
Daniel GoldDepartment of Clinical Microbiology and Immunology Faculty of Medicine Tel Aviv University Tel Aviv Israel.
Hadassah Medical Center · ILMartin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg · DETel Aviv University · ILThe University of Sydney · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Employing new therapeutic indications for drugs that are already approved for human use has obvious advantages, including reduced costs and timelines, because some routine steps of drug development and regulation are not required. This work concentrates on the redirection of artemisinins (ARTS) that already are approved for clinical use, or investigated, for malaria treatment. Several mechanisms of action are suggested for ARTS, among which only a few have been successfully examined in vivo, mainly the induction of oxidant stress and anti-inflammatory effects. Despite these seemingly contradictory effects, ARTS are proposed for repurposing in treatment of inflammatory disorders and diverse types of diseases caused by viral, bacterial, fungal, and parasitic infections. When pathogens are treated the expected outcome is diminution of the causative agents and/or their inflammatory damage. In general, repurposing ARTS is successful in only a very few cases, specifically when a valid mechanism can be targeted using an additional therapeutic agent and appropriate drug delivery. Investigation of repurposing should include optimization of drug combinations followed by examination in relevant cell lines, organoids, and animal models, before moving to clinical trials.

Indexed as

bacterial infectionscancermicrobiotaparasitesrepurposing artemisininviral infections

Identifiers

PMID38094863
PMCPMC10714028
OpenAlexW4388002137

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Registered trials

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