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ReviewAnnual review of pharmacology and toxicology2019

Fingolimod: Lessons Learned and New Opportunities for Treating Multiple Sclerosis and Other Disorders.

Jerold Chun, Yasuyuki Kihara, Deepa Jonnalagadda, Victoria A Blaho

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Review in Annual review of pharmacology and toxicology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 74 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
74citing papers in PubMed
5.7field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

74 citing papers in PubMed, 123 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. The effect of fingolimod (FTY720) protecting the retina of rats from light-induced retinal degeneration (LIRD).Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie · 2026
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  13. Preparation and In vitro/In vivo Evaluation of Fingolimod hydrochloride Loaded Polymeric Mixed Nano-Micelles for Treatment of Multiple Sclerosis.Journal of neuroimmune pharmacology : the official journal of the Society on NeuroImmune Pharmacology · 2025
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14 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

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Jerold ChunSanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute, La Jolla, California 92037, USA; email: jchun@sbpdiscovery.org.
Yasuyuki KiharaSanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute, La Jolla, California 92037, USA; email: jchun@sbpdiscovery.org.
Deepa JonnalagaddaSanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute, La Jolla, California 92037, USA; email: jchun@sbpdiscovery.org.
Victoria A BlahoSanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute, La Jolla, California 92037, USA; email: jchun@sbpdiscovery.org.
Discovery Institute · USSanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute · US

Funding

Prenatal blood-borne lipids in post-hemorrhagic hydrocephalusR01NS084398 · NINDS · SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, THE · PI CHUN, JEROLD · 2014 to 2017
$2.6M
S1P signaling machinery in neuroimmune interactionsR01NS103940 · NINDS · SANFORD BURNHAM PREBYS MEDICAL DISCOVERY INSTITUTE · PI KIHARA, YASUYUKI · 2018 to 2022
$2.1M
NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS084398NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS103940
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Fingolimod (FTY720, Gilenya) was the first US Food and Drug Administration-approved oral therapy for relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis (MS). Research on modified fungal metabolites converged with basic science studies that had identified lysophospholipid (LP) sphingosine 1-phosphate (S1P) receptors, providing mechanistic insights on fingolimod while validating LP receptors as drug targets. Mechanism of action (MOA) studies identified receptor-mediated processes involving the immune system and the central nervous system (CNS). These dual actions represent a more general theme for S1P and likely other LP receptor modulators. Fingolimod's direct CNS activities likely contribute to its efficacy in MS, with particular relevance to treating progressive disease stages and forms that involve neurodegeneration. The evolving understanding of fingolimod's MOA has provided strategies for developing next-generation compounds with superior attributes, suggesting new ways to target S1P as well as other LP receptor modulators for novel therapeutics in the CNS and other organ systems.

Indexed as

AnimalsCentral Nervous SystemFingolimod HydrochlorideHumansLysophospholipidsMultiple SclerosisSphingosine-1-Phosphate ReceptorsFingolimod HydrochlorideLysophospholipidsSphingosine-1-Phosphate ReceptorsdrugsFTY720GilenyaGPCRsLPAlysophospholipidsmedicinesneurodegenerationS1P

Identifiers

PMID30625282
PMCPMC6392001
OpenAlexW2909092545

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