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ReviewPostepy dermatologii i alergologii2024

Afamelanotide in protoporphyria and other skin diseases: a review.

Adriana Polańska, Joanna Wegner, Paula Nutbohm, Petra Staubach, Ryszard Żaba, Aleksandra Dańczak-Pazdrowska, Dorota Jenerowicz

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Review in Postepy dermatologii i alergologii, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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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

6 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Molecular Targets in Modern Cosmetic Science.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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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.

Adriana PolańskaDepartment of Dermatology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland.
Joanna WegnerDepartment of Dermatology, University Medical Center Mainz, Mainz, Germany.
Paula NutbohmDepartment of Dermatology, University Medical Center Mainz, Mainz, Germany.
Petra StaubachDepartment of Dermatology, University Medical Center Mainz, Mainz, Germany.
Ryszard ŻabaDepartment of Dermatology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland.
Aleksandra Dańczak-PazdrowskaDepartment of Dermatology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland.
Dorota JenerowiczDepartment of Dermatology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Afamelanotide is a synthetic alpha melanocyte stimulating hormone presenting a higher activity than natural hormones. Its main properties are related to the enhanced production of eumelanin by agonistically binding to the melanocortin-1 receptor. Since 2016 afamelanotide has been especially applied to treat cases of erythropoietic porphyria (EPP), where painful photosensitivity has been observed since early childhood. The positive effect of afamelanotide in EPP administered subcutaneously improved tolerance to artificial white light and increased pain-free time spent in direct sunlight. In this review we summarize the possible use of afamelanotide in dermatology, with special emphasis on EPP and encourage including afamelanotide as a treatment option in patient care.

Indexed as

afamelanotideerythropoietic porphyriaprotoporphyria

Identifiers

PMID38784937
PMCPMC11110213

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