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ReviewTrends in molecular medicine2011

Oxidative stress, inflammation and carcinogenesis are controlled through the pentose phosphate pathway by transaldolase.

Andras Perl, Robert Hanczko, Tiffany Telarico, Zachary Oaks, Steve Landas

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Review in Trends in molecular medicine, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 110 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
110citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
6.7field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

110 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 196 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Association between SOD2 C47T polymorphism and lung cancer susceptibility: a meta-analysis.Tumour biology : the journal of the International Society for Oncodevelopmental Biology and Medicine · 2014
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  9. Long-Term Follow-Up of Patients With Transaldolase Deficiency.Journal of inherited metabolic disease · 2026
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50 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Andras PerlDepartment of Medicine, State University of New York Upstate Medical University, College of Medicine, 750 East Adams Street, Syracuse, NY 13210, USA. perla@upstate.edu
Robert Hanczko
Tiffany Telarico
Zachary Oaks
Steve Landas
SUNY Upstate Medical University · US

Funding

Metabolic Control of T-cell Lineage Specification in SLER01AI072648 · NIAID · UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY · PI PERL, ANDRAS · 2008 to 2024
$6.1M
Treatment of SLE with N-acetylcysteineR01AT004332 · NCCIH · UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY · PI PERL, ANDRAS · 2008 to 2011
$1.6M
Pathogenesis and Treatment of Liver Disease in Transaldolase DeficiencyR01DK078922 · NIDDK · UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY · PI PERL, ANDRAS · 2010 to 2013
$1.4M
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF TRANSALDOLASER01DK049221 · NIDDK · UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY · PI PERL, ANDRAS · 1996 to 2004
$904k
NCCIH NIH HHS R01 AT004332NIAID NIH HHS AI72678NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI072648NIDDK NIH HHS DK78922NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK049221NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK078922
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Metabolism of glucose through the pentose phosphate pathway (PPP) influences the development of diverse pathologies. Hemolytic anemia due to deficiency of PPP enzyme glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase is the most common genetic disease in humans. Recently, inactivation of another PPP enzyme, transaldolase (TAL), has been implicated in male infertility and fatty liver progressing to steatohepatitis and cancer. Hepatocarcinogenesis was associated with activation of aldose reductase and redox-sensitive transcription factors and prevented by N-acetylcysteine. In this paper, we discuss how alternative formulations of the PPP with and without TAL reflect cell type-specific metabolic control of oxidative stress, a crucial source of inflammation and carcinogenesis. Ongoing studies of TAL deficiency will identify new molecular targets for diagnosis and treatment in clinical practice.

Indexed as

Oxidative StressPentose Phosphate PathwayAcetylcysteineAnimalsAutoimmunityCarcinoma, HepatocellularCell Transformation, NeoplasticFatty LiverGlucoseHumansInfertility, MaleInflammationMaleMitochondriaSperm MotilityTransaldolaseAcetylcysteineGlucoseTransaldolase

Identifiers

PMID21376665
PMCPMC3116035
OpenAlexW1974304599

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