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ReviewBritish journal of pharmacology2014

Development of pharmacological strategies for mitochondrial disorders.

M Kanabus, S J Heales, S Rahman

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Review in British journal of pharmacology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
21citing papers in PubMed
3.7field-weighted citation impact, top 6% 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

21 citing papers in PubMed, 73 citations in OpenAlex.

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  17. Emerging therapies for mitochondrial disorders.Brain : a journal of neurology · 2016
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  20. Emerging aspects of treatment in mitochondrial disorders.Journal of inherited metabolic disease · 2015
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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 3 institutions in 1 country.

M KanabusClinical and Molecular Genetics Unit, UCL Institute of Child Health, London, UK.
S J Heales
S Rahman
Great Ormond Street Hospital · GBNational Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery · GBUniversity College London · GB

Funding

Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mitochondrial diseases are an unusually genetically and phenotypically heterogeneous group of disorders, which are extremely challenging to treat. Currently, apart from supportive therapy, there are no effective treatments for the vast majority of mitochondrial diseases. Huge scientific effort, however, is being put into understanding the mechanisms underlying mitochondrial disease pathology and developing potential treatments. To date, a variety of treatments have been evaluated by randomized clinical trials, but unfortunately, none of these has delivered breakthrough results. Increased understanding of mitochondrial pathways and the development of many animal models, some of which are accurate phenocopies of human diseases, are facilitating the discovery and evaluation of novel prospective treatments. Targeting reactive oxygen species has been a treatment of interest for many years; however, only in recent years has it been possible to direct antioxidant delivery specifically into the mitochondria. Increasing mitochondrial biogenesis, whether by pharmacological approaches, dietary manipulation or exercise therapy, is also currently an active area of research. Modulating mitochondrial dynamics and mitophagy and the mitochondrial membrane lipid milieu have also emerged as possible treatment strategies. Recent technological advances in gene therapy, including allotopic and transkingdom gene expression and mitochondrially targeted transcription activator-like nucleases, have led to promising results in cell and animal models of mitochondrial diseases, but most of these techniques are still far from clinical application.

Indexed as

AnimalsAntioxidantsClinical Trials as TopicDisease Models, AnimalEnergy MetabolismGenetic TherapyHumansMitochondriaMitochondrial DiseasesMitochondrial TurnoverModels, BiologicalMolecular Targeted TherapyOxidative PhosphorylationAntioxidantsclinical trials for mitochondrial disordersgene therapy for mitochondrial diseasesmitochondrial biogenesismitochondrial diseasesmodels for mitochondrial disordersnutritional and cofactor support in mitochondrial disorderstreatments for mitochondrial disorders

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PMID24116962
PMCPMC3976606
OpenAlexW1655824331

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