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ReviewCurrent drug targets2025

Fibroblast Growth Factors: Roles and Emerging Therapeutic Applications.

Gaëtane Ternier, Kaynat Shahzad, Oshadi Edirisinghe, Patience Okoto, Zeina Alraawi, Shivakumar Sonnaila, Phuc Phan, Paul D Adams, Suresh K Thallapuranam

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Review in Current drug targets, 2025. 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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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

5 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Gaëtane TernierDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Fulbright College of Art and Sciences, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR72701, USA.
Kaynat ShahzadDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Fulbright College of Art and Sciences, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR72701, USA.
Oshadi EdirisingheCell and Molecular Biology Program, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR72701, USA.
Patience OkotoCell and Molecular Biology Program, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR72701, USA.
Zeina AlraawiCell and Molecular Biology Program, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR72701, USA.
Shivakumar SonnailaDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Fulbright College of Art and Sciences, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR72701, USA.
Phuc PhanDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Fulbright College of Art and Sciences, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR72701, USA.
Paul D AdamsDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Fulbright College of Art and Sciences, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR72701, USA.
Suresh K ThallapuranamDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Fulbright College of Art and Sciences, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR72701, USA.

Funding

Unraveling Gene-Environment Interactions Shaping Metabolism: A Multi-Omics Analysis in DrosophilaP20GM139768 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT FAYETTEVILLE · PI Joanna Fiddler · 2021 to 2026
$17.0M
Hyperstable FGF1-FGF2 based therapeutic formulation for wound careR15GM154267 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT FAYETTEVILLE · PI THALLAPURANAM, SURESH KUMAR KRISHNASWAMY · 2024 to 2024
$435k
Arkansas Integrative Metabolic Research Center at the University of Arkansas P20GM139768Department of Energy DE-FG02-01ER15161National Institute of General Medical Sciences of the National Institutes of Health R15GM154267NIGMS NIH HHS P20 GM139768NIGMS NIH HHS R15 GM154267
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Several fibroblast growth factors are expressed in the developmental stage, while others are present in adults. They are vital in maintaining cellular homeostasis and signaling important cellular functions, such as regeneration and growth. Over the years, a spike of interest has been observed in clinical applications of the different members of this family, especially for their implications in glucose and lipid homeostasis, cancer, and regeneration. Yet, the extent of this vast family's roles in different cellular activities and their mechanism of action remain unclear. Furthermore, they are structurally unstable molecules, making clinical applications more difficult. This work reviews the mechanism of action of FGFs and offers valuable insights into their therapeutic potential.

Indexed as

Fibroblast Growth FactorsAnimalsGlucoseHomeostasisHumansNeoplasmsRegenerationSignal TransductionFibroblast Growth FactorsGlucoseacidic FGF.Fibroblastgrowth factorshomeostasislipid homeostasisregenerationtherapeutic applications

Identifiers

PMID40051360
PMCPMC13011824

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