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ReviewAntioxidants & redox signaling2013

Thioredoxin and thioredoxin target proteins: from molecular mechanisms to functional significance.

Samuel Lee, Soo Min Kim, Richard T Lee

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Review in Antioxidants & redox signaling, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 200 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
200citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
8.9field-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

200 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 426 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Samuel LeeThe Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Soo Min Kim
Richard T Lee
Harvard Stem Cell Institute · US

Funding

Tissue AnalysesP01HL048743 · NHLBI · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI GLADYSHEV, VADIM N. · 1992 to 2014
$26.3M
Diabetic Cardiomyopathy and the Alpha Arrestin ProteinsR01HL103582 · NHLBI · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI LEE, RICHARD T · 2010 to 2013
$1.7M
NHLBI NIH HHS HL048743NHLBI NIH HHS HL103582
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The thioredoxin (Trx) system is one of the central antioxidant systems in mammalian cells, maintaining a reducing environment by catalyzing electron flux from nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate through Trx reductase to Trx, which reduces its target proteins using highly conserved thiol groups. While the importance of protecting cells from the detrimental effects of reactive oxygen species is clear, decades of research in this field revealed that there is a network of redox-sensitive proteins forming redox-dependent signaling pathways that are crucial for fundamental cellular processes, including metabolism, proliferation, differentiation, migration, and apoptosis. Trx participates in signaling pathways interacting with different proteins to control their dynamic regulation of structure and function. In this review, we focus on Trx target proteins that are involved in redox-dependent signaling pathways. Specifically, Trx-dependent reductive enzymes that participate in classical redox reactions and redox-sensitive signaling molecules are discussed in greater detail. The latter are extensively discussed, as ongoing research unveils more and more details about the complex signaling networks of Trx-sensitive signaling molecules such as apoptosis signal-regulating kinase 1, Trx interacting protein, and phosphatase and tensin homolog, thus highlighting the potential direct and indirect impact of their redox-dependent interaction with Trx. Overall, the findings that are described here illustrate the importance and complexity of Trx-dependent, redox-sensitive signaling in the cell. Our increasing understanding of the components and mechanisms of these signaling pathways could lead to the identification of new potential targets for the treatment of diseases, including cancer and diabetes.

Indexed as

AnimalsHumansReactive Oxygen SpeciesSignal TransductionThioredoxinsReactive Oxygen SpeciesThioredoxins

Identifiers

PMID22607099
PMCPMC3579385
OpenAlexW2063487298

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