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ReviewBioMed research international2014

Synergistic effects of toxic elements on heat shock proteins.

Khalid Mahmood, Saima Jadoon, Qaisar Mahmood, Muhammad Irshad, Jamshaid Hussain

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Review in BioMed research international, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 13 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
13citing papers in PubMed
2.8field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

13 citing papers in PubMed, 70 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Khalid MahmoodDepartment of Biology, Government Post-Graduate College Asghar Mall, Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
Saima JadoonDepartment of Natural Resource Engineering and Management, University of Kurdistan-Hawler Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq.ORCID 0000-0002-5509-9728
Qaisar MahmoodDepartment of Environmental Sciences, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Abbottabad 22060, Pakistan.
Muhammad IrshadDepartment of Environmental Sciences, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Abbottabad 22060, Pakistan.
Jamshaid HussainDepartment of Environmental Sciences, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Abbottabad 22060, Pakistan.
COMSATS University Islamabad · PKUniversity of Kurdistan Hewler · IQ

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Heat shock proteins show remarkable variations in their expression levels under a variety of toxic conditions. A research span expanded over five decades has revealed their molecular characterization, gene regulation, expression patterns, vast similarity in diverse groups, and broad range of functional capabilities. Their functions include protection and tolerance against cytotoxic conditions through their molecular chaperoning activity, maintaining cytoskeleton stability, and assisting in cell signaling. However, their role as biomarkers for monitoring the environmental risk assessment is controversial due to a number of conflicting, validating, and nonvalidating reports. The current knowledge regarding the interpretation of HSPs expression levels has been discussed in the present review. The candidature of heat shock proteins as biomarkers of toxicity is thus far unreliable due to synergistic effects of toxicants and other environmental factors. The adoption of heat shock proteins as "suit of biomarkers in a set of organisms" requires further investigation.

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AnimalsBiomarkersCytotoxinsEnvironmental ExposureHeat-Shock ProteinsHumansBiomarkersCytotoxinsHeat-Shock Proteins

Identifiers

PMID25136596
PMCPMC4127286
OpenAlexW2009795853

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