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ReviewInflammopharmacology2023

Salsalate: a pleotropic anti-inflammatory drug in the treatment of diabetes, obesity, and metabolic diseases.

I Hasan, K D Rainsford, Joel S Ross

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Review in Inflammopharmacology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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15citing papers in PubMed
4.1field-weighted citation impact, top 5% 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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Innovative Diabetes Therapies and Impact on Peripheral and Autonomic Diabetic Neuropathies: A State-of-the-Art Review.Diabetes therapy : research, treatment and education of diabetes and related disorders · 2026
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  6. Interaction between diabetes and osteoporosis: imbalance between inflammation and bone remodeling.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2025
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  9. Diabetic neuropathy: cutting-edge research and future directions.Signal transduction and targeted therapy · 2025
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  11. Inflammation and resolution in obesity.Nature reviews. Endocrinology · 2025 · on this map
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

I HasanRH Nanopharmaceuticals LLC, 140 Ocean Ave, Monmouth Beach, New Jersey, 07750, USA. Ihasan@rhnanopharma.com.
K D RainsfordEmeritus Professor of Biomedical Sciences, Department of Biosciences and Chemistry, BMRC, Sheffield Hallam University, Howard Street, Sheffield, S1 1WB, UK.
Joel S RossRH Nanopharmaceuticals LLC, 140 Ocean Ave, Monmouth Beach, New Jersey, 07750, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1088-0449
China National Pharmaceutical Group Corporation (China) · CNSheffield Hallam University · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Type two Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) is a rising epidemic. Available therapeutic strategies have provided glycaemic control via HbA1c reduction but fail to provide clinically meaningful reduction in microvascular and macrovascular (cardiac, renal, ophthalmological, and neurological) complications. Inflammation is strongly linked to the pathogenesis of T2DM. Underlying inflammatory mechanisms include oxidative stress, endoplasmic reticulum stress amyloid deposition in the pancreas, lipotoxicity, and glucotoxicity. Molecular signalling mechanisms in chronic inflammation linked to obesity and diabetes include JANK, NF-kB, and AMPK pathways. These activated pathways lead to a production of various inflammatory cytokines, such as Interleukin (IL-6), tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha, and C-reactive protein (CRP), which create a chronic low-grade inflammation and ultimately dysregulation of glucose homeostasis in the liver, skeletal muscle, and smooth muscle. Anti-inflammatory agents are being tested as anti-diabetic agents such as the IL-1b antagonist, Anakinra, the IL-1b inhibitor, Canakinuma, the IL-6 antagonists such as Tocilizumab, Rapamycin (Everolimus), and the IKK-beta kinase inhibitor, Salsalate. Salsalate is a century old safe anti-inflammatory drug used in the treatment of arthritis. Long-term safety and efficacy of Salsalate in the treatment of T2DM have been evaluated, which showed improved fasting plasma glucose and reduced HbA1C levels as well as reduced pro-inflammatory markers in T2DM patients. Current publication summarizes the literature review of pathophysiology of role of inflammation in T2DM and clinical efficacy and safety of Salsalate in the treatment of T2DM.

Indexed as

Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2Metabolic DiseasesAnti-Inflammatory AgentsGlycated HemoglobinHumansInflammationInterleukin-6ObesitySalicylatesTumor Necrosis Factor-alphaAnti-Inflammatory AgentsGlycated HemoglobinInterleukin-6Salicylatessalicylsalicylic acidTumor Necrosis Factor-alphaAMP-activated protein kinase mitogen-activated protein kinaseNon-steroidal anti-inflammatoryNuclear factor kappa BSalsalateType 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM)

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PMID37758933
OpenAlexW4387084762

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