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ReviewNutrients2020

Nutraceutical Strategies for Suppressing NLRP3 Inflammasome Activation: Pertinence to the Management of COVID-19 and Beyond.

Mark F McCarty, Simon Bernard Iloki Assanga, Lidianys Lewis Luján, James H O'Keefe, James J DiNicolantonio

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In one paragraph

Review in Nutrients, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
29citing papers in PubMed
3.5field-weighted citation impact, top 6% 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

29 citing papers in PubMed, 53 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Effect ofPharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024
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  12. Reactive Sulfur Compounds in the Fight against COVID-19.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022
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  16. Targeting Pyroptosis: New Insights into the Treatment of Diabetic Microvascular Complications.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2022
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  17. Molecular pathways involved in COVID-19 and potential pathway-based therapeutic targets.Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy = Biomedecine & pharmacotherapie · 2022
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  20. Enzyme Production Potential ofFoods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021
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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 2 countries.

Mark F McCartyCatalytic Longevity Foundation, San Diego, CA 92109, USA.
Simon Bernard Iloki AssangaDepartment of Research and Postgraduate in Food, University of Sonora, Centro 83000, Mexico.
Lidianys Lewis LujánDepartment of Research and Postgraduate in Food, University of Sonora, Centro 83000, Mexico.
James H O'KeefeMid America Heart Institute, Kansas City, MO 64111, USA.
James J DiNicolantonioMid America Heart Institute, Kansas City, MO 64111, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7888-1528
Universidad de Sonora · MXCatalytic Longevity · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Inflammasomes are intracellular protein complexes that form in response to a variety of stress signals and that serve to catalyze the proteolytic conversion of pro-interleukin-1β and pro-interleukin-18 to active interleukin-1β and interleukin-18, central mediators of the inflammatory response; inflammasomes can also promote a type of cell death known as pyroptosis. The NLRP3 inflammasome has received the most study and plays an important pathogenic role in a vast range of pathologies associated with inflammation-including atherosclerosis, myocardial infarction, the complications of diabetes, neurological and autoimmune disorders, dry macular degeneration, gout, and the cytokine storm phase of COVID-19. A consideration of the molecular biology underlying inflammasome priming and activation enables the prediction that a range of nutraceuticals may have clinical potential for suppressing inflammasome activity-antioxidants including phycocyanobilin, phase 2 inducers, melatonin, and N-acetylcysteine, the AMPK activator berberine, glucosamine, zinc, and various nutraceuticals that support generation of hydrogen sulfide. Complex nutraceuticals or functional foods featuring a number of these agents may find utility in the prevention and control of a wide range of medical disorders.

Indexed as

COVID-19Dietary SupplementsAnimalsAntioxidantsHumansInflammasomesNLR Family, Pyrin Domain-Containing 3 ProteinSARS-CoV-2AntioxidantsInflammasomesNLR Family, Pyrin Domain-Containing 3 ProteinNLRP3 protein, humanberberineCOVID-19ferulic acidglucosamineinflammasomeslipoic acidmacular degenerationN-acetylcysteineNLRP3phycocyanobilinzinc

Identifiers

PMID33375692
PMCPMC7823562
OpenAlexW3117071052

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