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ReviewRedox biology2015

Redox theory of aging.

Dean P Jones

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Review in Redox biology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 110 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
110citing papers in PubMed
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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

110 citing papers in PubMed.

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  6. Changes in the brain [NADFrontiers in aging neuroscience · 2026
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  11. Global research trends on the human exposome: a bibliometric analysis (2005-2024).Environmental science and pollution research international · 2025
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  13. Deciphering the Role of Oroxylin A in Liver Fibrosis.Drug design, development and therapy · 2025
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50 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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

1 author.

Dean P JonesDepartment of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA. Electronic address: dpjones@emory.edu.

Funding

Pilot Project ProgramP30ES019776 · NIEHS · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI Carmen Joseph Marsit · 2013 to 2026
$22.6M
Graduate and Postdoctoral Training in ToxicologyT32ES012870 · NIEHS · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI Carmen Joseph Marsit · 2004 to 2026
$9.1M
Metabolomics of subclinical and clinical cardiovascular diseaseP20HL113451 · NHLBI · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI JONES, DEAN PAUL · 2012 to 2016
$4.3M
Thioredoxin-2 protection against mitochondrial oxidative toxicityR01ES009047 · NIEHS · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI JONES, DEAN PAUL · 1998 to 2013
$3.9M
A metabolomic model of aging in the common marmosetR01AG038746 · NIA · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI JONES, DEAN PAUL, PROMISLOW, DANIEL EDWARD · 2010 to 2014
$2.5M
Cytoplasmic-nuclear redox signaling: Disruption by dietary cadmium levelsR01ES023485 · NIEHS · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI GO KANG, YOUNG-MI, JONES, DEAN PAUL · 2014 to 2018
$1.8M
NHLBI NIH HHS HL113451NHLBI NIH HHS P20 HL113451NIA NIH HHS AG038746NIA NIH HHS R01 AG038746NIEHS NIH HHS ES009047NIEHS NIH HHS ES019776NIEHS NIH HHS ES023485NIEHS NIH HHS P30 ES019776NIEHS NIH HHS R01 ES009047NIEHS NIH HHS R01 ES023485NIEHS NIH HHS T32 ES012870
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Metazoan genomes encode exposure memory systems to enhance survival and reproductive potential by providing mechanisms for an individual to adjust during lifespan to environmental resources and challenges. These systems are inherently redox networks, arising during evolution of complex systems with O2 as a major determinant of bioenergetics, metabolic and structural organization, defense, and reproduction. The network structure decreases flexibility from conception onward due to differentiation and cumulative responses to environment (exposome). The redox theory of aging is that aging is a decline in plasticity of genome-exposome interaction that occurs as a consequence of execution of differentiation and exposure memory systems. This includes compromised mitochondrial and bioenergetic flexibility, impaired food utilization and metabolic homeostasis, decreased barrier and defense capabilities and loss of reproductive fidelity and fecundity. This theory accounts for hallmarks of aging, including failure to maintain oxidative or xenobiotic defenses, mitochondrial integrity, proteostasis, barrier structures, DNA repair, telomeres, immune function, metabolic regulation and regenerative capacity.

Indexed as

AgingHumansModels, TheoreticalOxidation-ReductionOxidative StressProteomeReactive Oxygen SpeciesProteomeReactive Oxygen SpeciesOxidative stressRedox signalingRedox systems biology

Identifiers

PMID25863726
PMCPMC4392062

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