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ArticleBritish journal of pharmacology2013

Autophagy, mitochondria and 3-nitropropionic acid joined in the same model.

Rosa A González-Polo, José M Bravo-San Pedro, Rubén Gómez-Sánchez, Elisa Pizarro-Estrella, Mireia Niso-Santano, José M Fuentes

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Article in British journal of pharmacology, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
0.1field-weighted citation impact, top 55% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Rosa A González-PoloCentro de Investigación Biomédica en Red sobre Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas, Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular y Genética, E. Enfermería y T.O., Universidad de Extremadura, Cáceres, Spain.
José M Bravo-San Pedro
Rubén Gómez-Sánchez
Elisa Pizarro-Estrella
Mireia Niso-Santano
José M Fuentes
Biomedical Research Networking Center on Neurodegenerative Diseases · ES

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Huntington's disease (HD) is a neurodegenerative disorder caused by a mutation in the gene encoding the huntingtin protein. Although the precise mechanism by which neuronal degeneration occurs is still unclear, several elements are important to its development: (1) altered gene expression and protein synthesis, (2) mitochondrial damage and (3) improper regulation of the autophagy programme. In this issue of British Journal of Pharmacology, Galindo and co-workers provide the first evidence for a role of the mitochondrial permeability transition pore (mPTP) in mitochondrial fragmentation and autophagy activation. In a model of cell death induced by 3-nitropropionic acid (3-NP) in human neural cells, the authors describe clear functions for mPTP and Bax, but not the mitochondrial fusion/fission machinery, mitochondrial fragmentation and autophagy (mitophagy). This commentary summarises the significance of this relationship and suggests several points for future development.

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AnimalsAutophagyHumansMaleMitochondriaMitochondrial Membrane Transport ProteinsMitochondrial Permeability Transition PoreNitro CompoundsPropionates3-nitropropionic acidMitochondrial Membrane Transport ProteinsMitochondrial Permeability Transition PoreNitro CompoundsPropionates

Identifiers

PMID22946678
PMCPMC3570003
OpenAlexW2135899421

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