Evidence map›Paper›PMID 21832045›Full record

ReviewThe Journal of biological chemistry2012

Signal transduction by mitochondrial oxidants.

Toren Finkel

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Review in The Journal of biological chemistry, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 190 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
190citing papers in PubMed
15.6field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

190 citing papers in PubMed, 385 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Circulating cell-free mitochondrial DNA, but not leukocyte mitochondrial DNA copy number, is elevated in major depressive disorder.Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2018
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  4. Loss of Peroxiredoxin 6 Drives Age-Related Klf9/NF-Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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  5. RNA binding proteinScience advances · 2026
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  10. DCFDA Assay for Oxidative Stress Measurement in Fluorometer.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2025
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  13. The promising antioxidant effects of lignans: Nrf2 activation comes into view.Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology · 2024
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  15. Role of Memantine in Limiting Cochleotoxicity in Rats.Indian journal of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery : official publication of the Association of Otolaryngologists of India · 2024
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130 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

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Toren FinkelCenter for Molecular Medicine, NHLBI, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA. finkelt@nih.gov
National Institutes of Health · US

Funding

Stem cells and agingZIAHL006037 · NHLBI · NATIONAL HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITUTE · PI FINKEL, TOREN · 2010 to 2016
$6.8M
Intramural NIH HHS
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The production of mitochondrial reactive oxygen species occurs as a consequence of aerobic metabolism. Mitochondrial oxidants are increasingly viewed less as byproducts of metabolism and more as important signaling molecules. Here, I review several notable examples, including the cellular response to hypoxia, aspects of innate immunity, the regulation of autophagy, and stem cell self-renewal capacity, where evidence suggests an important regulatory role for mitochondrial oxidants.

Indexed as

HypoxiaMitochondriaOxidantsStem CellsAnimalsHumansImmunity, InnateSignal TransductionOxidants

Identifiers

PMID21832045
PMCPMC3281633
OpenAlexW2065527667

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Registered trials

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