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ReviewLongevity & healthspan2012

Thioredoxin, oxidative stress, cancer and aging.

Lisa C Flores, Melanie Ortiz, Sara Dube, Gene B Hubbard, Shuko Lee, Adam Salmon, Yiqiang Zhang, Yuji Ikeno

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In one paragraph

Review in Longevity & healthspan, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
7citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 21% 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

7 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
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  3. The Importance of Thioredoxin-1 in Health and Disease.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023
    Review
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  7. Revisiting an age-old question regarding oxidative stress.Free radical biology & medicine · 2014
    Review
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

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Lisa C FloresBarshop Institute for Longevity and Aging Studies, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, 78229, USA.
Melanie OrtizBarshop Institute for Longevity and Aging Studies, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, 78229, USA.
Sara DubeBarshop Institute for Longevity and Aging Studies, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, 78229, USA.
Gene B HubbardBarshop Institute for Longevity and Aging Studies, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, 78229, USA ; Department of Pathology, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, 78229, USA.
Shuko LeeResearch Service, Audie L. Murphy VA Hospital South Texas Veterans Health Care System, San Antonio, TX, 78229, USA.
Adam SalmonBarshop Institute for Longevity and Aging Studies, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, 78229, USA ; Molecular Medicine, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, 78229, USA ; Geriatric Research and Education Center, Audie L. Murphy VA Hospital South Texas Veterans Health Care System, San Antonio, TX, 78229, USA.
Yiqiang ZhangBarshop Institute for Longevity and Aging Studies, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, 78229, USA.
Yuji IkenoBarshop Institute for Longevity and Aging Studies, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, 78229, USA ; Department of Pathology, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, 78229, USA ; Research Service, Audie L. Murphy VA Hospital South Texas Veterans Health Care System, San Antonio, TX, 78229, USA ; Geriatric Research and Education Center, Audie L. Murphy VA Hospital South Texas Veterans Health Care System, San Antonio, TX, 78229, USA.
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio · USSouth Texas Veterans Health Care System · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Free Radical or Oxidative Stress Theory of Aging is one of the most popular theories in aging research and has been extensively studied over the past several decades. However, recent evidence using transgenic/knockout mice that overexpress or down-regulate antioxidant enzymes challenge the veracity of this theory since the animals show no increase or decrease in lifespan. These results seriously call into question the role of oxidative damage/stress in the aging process in mammals. Therefore, the theory requires significant modifications if we are to understand the relationship between aging and the regulation of oxidative stress. Our laboratory has been examining the impacts of thioredoxins (Trxs), in the cytosol and mitochondria, on aging and age-related diseases. Our data from mice that are either up-regulating or down-regulating Trx in different cellular compartments, that is, the cytosol or mitochondria, could shed some light on the role of oxidative stress and its pathophysiological effects. The results generated from our lab and others may indicate that: 1) changes in oxidative stress and the redox state in the cytosol, mitochondria or nucleus might play different roles in the aging process; 2) the role of oxidative stress and redox state could have different pathophysiological consequences in different tissues/cells, for example, mitotic vs. post-mitotic; 3) oxidative stress could have different pathophysiological impacts in young and old animals; and 4) the pathophysiological roles of oxidative stress and redox state could be controlled through changes in redox-sensitive signaling, which could have more diverse effects on pathophysiology than the accumulation of oxidative damage to various molecules. To critically test the role of oxidative stress on aging and age-related diseases, further study is required using animal models that regulate oxidative stress levels differently in each cellular compartment, each tissue/organ, and/or at different stages of life (young, middle and old) to change redox sensitive signaling pathways.

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agingCancerKnockout mouseOxidative stressThioredoxinTransgenic mouse

Identifiers

PMID24764510
PMCPMC3886257
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