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ReviewBiologics : targets & therapy2024

Effect of N-Acetylcysteine on Cisplatin Toxicity: A Review of the Literature.

Angeles Citlali Zavala-Valencia, Liliana Velasco-Hidalgo, Armando Martínez-Avalos, Manuel Castillejos-López, Luz-María Torres-Espíndola

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Review in Biologics : targets & therapy, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
12citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
8.1field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

12 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. N-acetylcysteine for the Prevention of Cisplatin-Induced Hearing Loss: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Otolaryngology--head and neck surgery : official journal of American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery · 2025
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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

5 authors.

Angeles Citlali Zavala-ValenciaLaboratory of Pharmacology, National Institute of Pediatrics, Mexico City, Mexico.
Liliana Velasco-HidalgoOncology Service, National Institute of Pediatrics, Mexico City, México.
Armando Martínez-AvalosOncology Service, National Institute of Pediatrics, Mexico City, México.
Manuel Castillejos-LópezHospital Epidemiology and Infectology Unit, National Institute of Respiratory Diseases Ismael Cosío Villegas, Mexico City, Mexico.ORCID 0000-0001-8689-9755
Luz-María Torres-EspíndolaLaboratory of Pharmacology, National Institute of Pediatrics, Mexico City, Mexico.ORCID 0000-0001-9929-9361

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

N-acetylcysteine (NAC) is a membrane-permeable cysteine precursor capable of enhancing the intracellular cysteine pool, enhancing cellular glutathione (GSH) synthesis, and thus potentiating the endogenous antioxidant mechanism. Late administration of NAC after cisplatin has been shown in different in vivo studies to reduce the side effects caused by various toxicities at different levels without affecting the antitumor efficacy of platinum, improving total and enzymatic antioxidant capacity and decreasing oxidative stress markers. These characteristics provide NAC with a rationale as a potentially effective chemo protectant in cisplatin-based therapeutic cycles. NAC represents a potential candidate as a chemoprotective agent to decrease toxicities secondary to cisplatin treatment. It suggests that it could be used in clinical trials, whereby the effective dose, timing, and route should be adjusted to optimize chemoprotection. This review provides an overview of the effect of NAC on cisplatin toxicity, a drug widely used in the clinic in adults and children.

Indexed as

antioxidantchemo protectantcisplatinoxidative stresstoxicity

Identifiers

PMID38250216
PMCPMC10799624
OpenAlexW4390894166

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