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ReviewJournal of medicinal chemistry2024

Targeting the Translocator Protein (18 kDa) in Cardiac Diseases: State of the Art and Future Opportunities.

Emma Baglini, Valeria Poggetti, Chiara Cavallini, Debora Petroni, Francesca Forini, Giuseppina Nicolini, Elisabetta Barresi, Silvia Salerno, Barbara Costa, Patricia Iozzo and 4 more

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Review in Journal of medicinal chemistry, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 18% 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, 9 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

14 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Emma BagliniInstitute of Clinical Physiology, National Research Council of Italy, CNR Research Area, Via G. Moruzzi 1, Pisa 56124, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-8378-4052
Valeria PoggettiDepartment of Pharmacy, University of Pisa, Via Bonanno 6, Pisa 56126, Italy.
Chiara CavalliniInstitute of Clinical Physiology, National Research Council of Italy, CNR Research Area, Via G. Moruzzi 1, Pisa 56124, Italy.
Debora PetroniInstitute of Clinical Physiology, National Research Council of Italy, CNR Research Area, Via G. Moruzzi 1, Pisa 56124, Italy.
Francesca ForiniInstitute of Clinical Physiology, National Research Council of Italy, CNR Research Area, Via G. Moruzzi 1, Pisa 56124, Italy.
Giuseppina NicoliniInstitute of Clinical Physiology, National Research Council of Italy, CNR Research Area, Via G. Moruzzi 1, Pisa 56124, Italy.
Elisabetta BarresiDepartment of Pharmacy, University of Pisa, Via Bonanno 6, Pisa 56126, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-9814-7195
Silvia SalernoDepartment of Pharmacy, University of Pisa, Via Bonanno 6, Pisa 56126, Italy.
Barbara CostaDepartment of Pharmacy, University of Pisa, Via Bonanno 6, Pisa 56126, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-7598-1275
Patricia IozzoInstitute of Clinical Physiology, National Research Council of Italy, CNR Research Area, Via G. Moruzzi 1, Pisa 56124, Italy.
Danilo NegliaFondazione CNR/Regione Toscana Gabriele Monasterio, Cardiovascular and Imaging Departments, CNR Research Area, Via G. Moruzzi 1, Pisa 56124, Italy.
Luca MenichettiInstitute of Clinical Physiology, National Research Council of Italy, CNR Research Area, Via G. Moruzzi 1, Pisa 56124, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-3293-9616
Sabrina TalianiDepartment of Pharmacy, University of Pisa, Via Bonanno 6, Pisa 56126, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-8675-939X
Federico Da SettimoDepartment of Pharmacy, University of Pisa, Via Bonanno 6, Pisa 56126, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-7897-7917
Istituto di Fisiologia Clinica · ITUniversity of Pisa · ITFondazione Toscana Gabriele Monasterio · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mitochondria dysfunctions are typical hallmarks of cardiac disorders (CDs). The multiple tasks of this energy-producing organelle are well documented, but its pathophysiologic involvement in several manifestations of heart diseases, such as altered electromechanical coupling, excitability, and arrhythmias, is still under investigation. The human 18 kDa translocator protein (TSPO) is a protein located on the outer mitochondrial membrane whose expression is altered in different pathological conditions, including CDs, making it an attractive therapeutic and diagnostic target. Currently, only a few TSPO ligands are employed in CDs and cardiac imaging. In this Perspective, we report an overview of the emerging role of TSPO at the heart level, focusing on the recent literature concerning the development of TSPO ligands used for fighting and imaging heart-related disease conditions. Accordingly, targeting TSPO might represent a successful strategy to achieve novel therapeutic and diagnostic strategies to unravel the fundamental mechanisms and to provide solutions to still unanswered questions in CDs.

Indexed as

Heart DiseasesReceptors, GABAHumansLigandsMitochondrial MembranesLigandsReceptors, GABATSPO protein, human

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PMID38113353
PMCPMC10911791
OpenAlexW4389943672

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