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ReviewCureus2021

Endothelin Receptor Antagonists as a Potential Treatment of Diabetic Nephropathy: A Systematic Review.

Noorain Ahmad, Harish Veerapalli, Chetan Reddy Lankala, Everardo E Castaneda, Afia Aziz, Amy G Rockferry, Pousette Hamid

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In one paragraph

Review in Cureus, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 21% 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

4 citing papers in PubMed, 13 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

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Noorain AhmadInternal Medicine, California Institute of Behavioral Neurosciences & Psychology, Fairfield, USA.
Harish VeerapalliInternal Medicine, California Institute of Behavioral Neurosciences & Psychology, Fairfield, USA.
Chetan Reddy LankalaInternal Medicine, California Institute of Behavioral Neurosciences & Psychology, Fairfield, USA.
Everardo E CastanedaInternal Medicine, California Institute of Behavioral Neurosciences & Psychology, Fairfield, USA.
Afia AzizInternal Medicine, California Institute of Behavioral Neurosciences & Psychology, Fairfield, USA.
Amy G RockferryInternal Medicine, California Institute of Behavioral Neurosciences & Psychology, Fairfield, USA.
Pousette HamidNeurology, California Institute of Behavioral Neurosciences & Psychology, Fairfield, USA.
California Institute of Behavioral Neurosciences and Psychology (United States) · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Diabetic nephropathy is becoming a more predominant cause of end-stage renal disease, as the prevalence of diabetes mellitus worldwide is on the rise. In this systematic review, we aimed to define the role of endothelin receptor antagonists, in the prevention and treatment of diabetic nephropathy, in addition to determining their safety. For this review, PubMed, Google Scholar, and Cochrane Library databases, in addition to ClinicalTrials.gov, were searched for publications in the last 20 years. We included 14 studies, seven randomized control trials, and seven post hoc analyses in this paper. Atrasentan decreased albuminuria, reduced blood pressure, and improved lipid profiles with more manageable fluid overload-related adverse events than avosentan and bosentan. Overall, endothelin receptor antagonists, in combination with renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system inhibitors, effectively reduce albuminuria and prevent the progression of diabetic kidney disease. However, more extensive clinical trials still need to be conducted to confirm these relationships and to learn more about the specific factors affecting their efficacy in individual patients.

Indexed as

atrasentanavosentanbosentandiabetes mellitusdiabetic nephropathyendothelin receptor antagonistsproteinuria

Identifiers

PMID34909290
PMCPMC8653857
OpenAlexW3213333216

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