Evidence mapPaperPMID 23551849Full record

ReviewThe FEBS journal2013

Modulating the endocannabinoid system in human health and disease--successes and failures.

Pál Pacher, George Kunos

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Review in The FEBS journal, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 175 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
175citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
42.1field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

175 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 393 citations in OpenAlex.

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  16. Cannabinoids: Role in Neurological Diseases and Psychiatric Disorders.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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115 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Pál PacherLaboratory of Physiologic Studies, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-9413, USA. pacher@mail.nih.gov
George Kunos
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism · US

Funding

Mechanism of oxidative/nitrosative stress and inflammation-induced tissue injuryZIAAA000375 · NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM · 2025 to 2025
$2.2M
Endocannabinoids And Energy HomeostasisZIAAA000350 · NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM · 2025 to 2025
$1.6M
Intramural NIH HHS Z99 AA999999Intramural NIH HHS ZIA AA000375
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The discovery of the endocannabinoid system, comprising the G-protein coupled cannabinoid 1 and 2 receptors (CB1/2), their endogenous lipid ligands or endocannabinoids, and synthetic and metabolizing enzymes, has triggered an avalanche of experimental studies implicating the endocannabinoid system in a growing number of physiological/pathological functions. These studies have also suggested that modulating the activity of the endocannabinoid system holds therapeutic promise for a broad range of diseases, including neurodegenerative, cardiovascular and inflammatory disorders; obesity/metabolic syndrome; cachexia; chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting; and tissue injury and pain, amongst others. However, clinical trials with globally acting CB1 antagonists in obesity/metabolic syndrome, and other studies with peripherally-restricted CB1/2 agonists and inhibitors of the endocannabinoid metabolizing enzyme in pain, have introduced unexpected complexities, suggesting that a better understanding of the pathophysiological role of the endocannabinoid system is required to devise clinically successful treatment strategies.

Indexed as

AnimalsCannabinoid Receptor AgonistsCannabinoid Receptor AntagonistsCannabinoidsCardiovascular DiseasesClinical Trials as TopicEndocannabinoidsHealthHumansInflammationPain ManagementReceptors, CannabinoidSignal TransductionCannabinoid Receptor AgonistsCannabinoid Receptor AntagonistsCannabinoidsEndocannabinoidsReceptors, Cannabinoid

Identifiers

PMID23551849
PMCPMC3684164
OpenAlexW2171530795

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