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ReviewJournal of inherited metabolic disease2010

A general introduction to the biochemistry of mitochondrial fatty acid β-oxidation.

Sander Michel Houten, Ronald J A Wanders

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Review in Journal of inherited metabolic disease, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 558 papers.

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558citing papers in PubMed
11.6field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

558 citing papers in PubMed, 957 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Sander Michel HoutenDepartment of Clinical Chemistry, Emma Children's Hospital, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. s.m.houten@amc.uva.nl
Ronald J A Wanders
Emma Kinderziekenhuis · NLUniversity of Amsterdam · NL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Over the years, the mitochondrial fatty acid β-oxidation (FAO) pathway has been characterised at the biochemical level as well as the molecular biological level. FAO plays a pivotal role in energy homoeostasis, but it competes with glucose as the primary oxidative substrate. The mechanisms behind this so-called glucose-fatty acid cycle operate at the hormonal, transcriptional and biochemical levels. Inherited defects for most of the FAO enzymes have been identified and characterised and are currently included in neonatal screening programmes. Symptoms range from hypoketotic hypoglycaemia to skeletal and cardiac myopathies. The pathophysiology of these diseases is still not completely understood, hampering optimal treatment. Studies of patients and mouse models will contribute to our understanding of the pathogenesis and will ultimately lead to better treatment.

Indexed as

Energy MetabolismAnimalsDisease Models, AnimalFatty AcidsGenotypeHomeostasisHumansLipid Metabolism, Inborn ErrorsMiceMitochondriaMitochondrial DiseasesOxidation-ReductionPhenotypeFatty Acids

Identifiers

PMID20195903
PMCPMC2950079
OpenAlexW2043054174

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