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ReviewCells2023

The Melanocortin System in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases: Insights into Its Mechanisms and Therapeutic Potentials.

Antonietta Gerarda Gravina, Raffaele Pellegrino, Tommaso Durante, Giovanna Palladino, Giuseppe Imperio, Giovanbattista D'Amico, Maria Consiglia Trotta, Marcello Dallio, Mario Romeo, Michele D'Amico and 1 more

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Review in Cells, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
29citing papers in PubMed
5.0field-weighted citation impact, top 4% 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, 31 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

11 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Antonietta Gerarda GravinaHepatogastroenterology Unit, Department of Precision Medicine, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, 80138 Naples, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-8049-0115
Raffaele PellegrinoHepatogastroenterology Unit, Department of Precision Medicine, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, 80138 Naples, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-5074-230X
Tommaso DuranteMental Health Department, S. Pio Hospital, Via dell'Angelo, 82100 Benevento, Italy.
Giovanna PalladinoHepatogastroenterology Unit, Department of Precision Medicine, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, 80138 Naples, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-7367-4175
Giuseppe ImperioHepatogastroenterology Unit, Department of Precision Medicine, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, 80138 Naples, Italy.
Giovanbattista D'AmicoSchool of Geriatrics, University of Studies of L'Aquila, 67010 L'Aquila, Italy.
Maria Consiglia TrottaDepartment of Experimental Medicine, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, 80138 Naples, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9813-5955
Marcello DallioHepatogastroenterology Unit, Department of Precision Medicine, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, 80138 Naples, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-4153-815X
Mario RomeoHepatogastroenterology Unit, Department of Precision Medicine, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, 80138 Naples, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-2970-9019
Michele D'AmicoDepartment of Experimental Medicine, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, 80138 Naples, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-6899-0595
Alessandro FedericoHepatogastroenterology Unit, Department of Precision Medicine, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, 80138 Naples, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-0885-0793
University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli" · ITUniversity of L'Aquila · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The melanocortin system is a complex set of molecular mediators and receptors involved in many physiological and homeostatic processes. These include the regulation of melanogenesis, steroidogenesis, neuromodulation and the modulation of inflammatory processes. In the latter context, the system has assumed importance in conditions of chronic digestive inflammation, such as inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), in which numerous experiences have been accumulated in mouse models of colitis. Indeed, information on how such a system can counteract colitis inflammation and intervene in the complex cytokine imbalance in the intestinal microenvironment affected by chronic inflammatory damage has emerged. This review summarises the evidence acquired so far and highlights that molecules interfering with the melanocortin system could represent new drugs for treating IBD.

Indexed as

ColitisInflammatory Bowel DiseasesAnimalsCytokinesInflammationMelanocortinsMiceCytokinesMelanocortinsACTHCrohn’s diseaseinflammatory bowel diseaseKdPTKPVmelanocortinmelanocortin receptorsulcerative colitisα-MSHβ-MSH

Identifiers

PMID37508552
PMCPMC10378568
OpenAlexW4384823081

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