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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2020

Arginase as a Potential Biomarker of Disease Progression: A Molecular Imaging Perspective.

Gonçalo S Clemente, Aren van Waarde, Inês F Antunes, Alexander Dömling, Philip H Elsinga

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Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 62 papers.

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62citing papers in PubMed
8.1field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

62 citing papers in PubMed, 123 citations in OpenAlex.

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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 at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Gonçalo S ClementeDepartment of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, 9713 GZ Groningen, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-0386-9559
Aren van WaardeDepartment of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, 9713 GZ Groningen, The Netherlands.
Inês F AntunesDepartment of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, 9713 GZ Groningen, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-8003-5291
Alexander DömlingDepartment of Drug Design, Groningen Research Institute of Pharmacy, University of Groningen, 9713 AV Groningen, The Netherlands.
Philip H ElsingaDepartment of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, 9713 GZ Groningen, The Netherlands.
University Medical Center Groningen · NLUniversity of Groningen · NL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Arginase is a widely known enzyme of the urea cycle that catalyzes the hydrolysis of L-arginine to L-ornithine and urea. The action of arginase goes beyond the boundaries of hepatic ureogenic function, being widespread through most tissues. Two arginase isoforms coexist, the type I (Arg1) predominantly expressed in the liver and the type II (Arg2) expressed throughout extrahepatic tissues. By producing L-ornithine while competing with nitric oxide synthase (NOS) for the same substrate (L-arginine), arginase can influence the endogenous levels of polyamines, proline, and NO

Indexed as

AnimalsArginaseBiomarkers, TumorCardiovascular DiseasesHumansImmune System DiseasesNeoplasm ProteinsNeoplasmsNeurodegenerative DiseasesNitric Oxide SynthaseARG1 protein, humanARG2 protein, humanArginaseBiomarkers, TumorNeoplasm ProteinsNitric Oxide Synthasearginasearginase inhibitorsmolecular imagingnitric oxidepositron emission tomography (PET)

Identifiers

PMID32722521
PMCPMC7432485
OpenAlexW3044268476

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