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ReviewBiomarkers in medicine2010

Intracellular coenzymes as natural biomarkers for metabolic activities and mitochondrial anomalies.

Ahmed A Heikal

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Review in Biomarkers in medicine, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 221 papers.

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221citing papers in PubMed
5.8field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

221 citing papers in PubMed, 456 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

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ahmed A HeikalDepartment of Chemistry & Biochemistry and Department of Pharmacy Practice & Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Minnesota Duluth, 1039 University Drive, Duluth, MN 55812-2496, USA. aaheikal@d.umn.edu
University of Minnesota, Duluth · US

Funding

Nanostructural Dynamics of Biomembranes in Immunoreceptor SignalingR21AG030949 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI SHEETS, ERIN D · 2007 to 2008
$207k
NIA NIH HHS AG030949NIA NIH HHS R21 AG030949
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mitochondria play a pivotal role in energy metabolism, programmed cell death and oxidative stress. Mutated mitochondrial DNA in diseased cells compromises the structure of key enzyme complexes and, therefore, mitochondrial function, which leads to a myriad of health-related conditions such as cancer, neurodegenerative diseases, diabetes and aging. Early detection of mitochondrial and metabolic anomalies is an essential step towards effective diagnoses and therapeutic intervention. Reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NADH) and flavin adenine dinucleotide (FAD) play important roles in a wide range of cellular oxidation-reduction reactions. Importantly, NADH and FAD are naturally fluorescent, which allows noninvasive imaging of metabolic activities of living cells and tissues. Furthermore, NADH and FAD autofluorescence, which can be excited using distinct wavelengths for complementary imaging methods and is sensitive to protein binding and local environment. This article highlights recent developments concerning intracellular NADH and FAD as potential biomarkers for metabolic and mitochondrial activities.

Indexed as

Energy MetabolismAnimalsApoptosisBiomarkersCoenzymesFlavin-Adenine DinucleotideFluorescence PolarizationHumansMicroscopy, FluorescenceMitochondriaNADOxidative StressBiomarkersCoenzymesFlavin-Adenine DinucleotideNAD

Identifiers

PMID20406068
PMCPMC2905054
OpenAlexW2024901091

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