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ReviewSeminars in cell & developmental biology2012

Age-related decline in mitochondrial bioenergetics: does supercomplex destabilization determine lower oxidative capacity and higher superoxide production?

Luis A Gómez, Tory M Hagen

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Review in Seminars in cell & developmental biology, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 48 papers.

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48citing papers in PubMed
4.3field-weighted citation impact, top 5% 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

48 citing papers in PubMed, 93 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 1 institution in 1 country.

Luis A GómezLinus Pauling Institute, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA.
Tory M Hagen
Oregon State University · US

Funding

Overall Program/FreiP01AT002034 · NCCIH · OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY · PI FREI, BALZ B · 2003 to 2012
$11.7M
DIETARY PREVENTION OF CARDIAC MITOCHONDRIAL AGINGR01AG017141 · NIA · OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY · PI HAGEN, TORY M · 2000 to 2011
$2.7M
NCCIH NIH HHS P01 AT002034NCCIH NIH HHS P01AT002034NIA NIH HHS 2R01AG017141-06A2NIA NIH HHS R01 AG017141NIEHS NIH HHS ES00240
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mitochondrial decay plays a central role in the aging process. Although certainly multifactorial in nature, defective operation of the electron transport chain (ETC) constitutes a key mechanism involved in the age-associated loss of mitochondrial energy metabolism. Primarily, mitochondrial dysfunction affects the aging animal by limiting bioenergetic reserve capacity and/or increasing oxidative stress via enhanced electron leakage from the ETC. Even though the important aging characteristics of mitochondrial decay are known, the molecular events underlying inefficient electron flux that ultimately leads to higher superoxide appearance and impaired respiration are not completely understood. This review focuses on the potential role(s) that age-associated destabilization of the macromolecular organization of the ETC (i.e. supercomplexes) may be important for development of the mitochondrial aging phenotype, particularly in post-mitotic tissues.

Indexed as

Energy MetabolismOxidative StressAgingAnimalsHumansLipid MetabolismMitochondriaSuperoxidesSuperoxides

Identifiers

PMID22521482
PMCPMC4096948
OpenAlexW1965912122

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