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ReviewNeurobiology of disease2015

Oxidative and nitrative stress in neurodegeneration.

Catherine A Cobb, Marsha P Cole

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Review in Neurobiology of disease, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 141 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
141citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
16.9field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

141 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 290 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Catherine A CobbDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, School of Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40202, USA.
Marsha P ColeDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, School of Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40202, USA; Department of Physiology and Biophysics, School of Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40202, USA. Electronic address: marcie.cole@louisville.edu.
University of Louisville · US

Funding

Metabolic Stress-Induced Fatty Acid Nitration and Cardiovascular FunctionR00HL095769 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE · PI COLE, MARSHA P · 2012 to 2014
$717k
Metabolic Stress-Induced Fatty Acid Nitration and Cardiovascular FunctionK99HL095769 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI COLE, MARSHA P · 2010 to 2011
$145k
NHLBI NIH HHS K99 HL095769NHLBI NIH HHS R00 HL095769
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Aerobes require oxygen for metabolism and normal free radical formation. As a result, maintaining the redox homeostasis is essential for brain cell survival due to their high metabolic energy requirement to sustain electrochemical gradients, neurotransmitter release, and membrane lipid stability. Further, brain antioxidant levels are limited compared to other organs and less able to compensate for reactive oxygen and nitrogen species (ROS/RNS) generation which contribute oxidative/nitrative stress (OS/NS). Antioxidant treatments such as vitamin E, minocycline, and resveratrol mediate neuroprotection by prolonging the incidence of or reversing OS and NS conditions. Redox imbalance occurs when the antioxidant capacity is overwhelmed, consequently leading to activation of alternate pathways that remain quiescent under normal conditions. If OS/NS fails to lead to adaptation, tissue damage and injury ensue, resulting in cell death and/or disease. The progression of OS/NS-mediated neurodegeneration along with contributions from microglial activation, dopamine metabolism, and diabetes comprise a detailed interconnected pathway. This review proposes a significant role for OS/NS and more specifically, lipid peroxidation (LPO) and other lipid modifications, by triggering microglial activation to elicit a neuroinflammatory state potentiated by diabetes or abnormal dopamine metabolism. Subsequently, sustained stress in the neuroinflammatory state overwhelms cellular defenses and prompts neurotoxicity resulting in the onset or amplification of brain damage.

Indexed as

AnimalsBrainHumansNeurodegenerative DiseasesOxidative StressBrainDopamine metabolismLipid peroxidationLipid/protein modificationMicroglial activationNeurodegenerationNitrative stressOxidative stressReactive nitrogen speciesReactive oxygen species

Identifiers

PMID26024962
PMCPMC4662638
OpenAlexW391900960

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