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ReviewTrends in cell biology2016

Ferroptosis: Death by Lipid Peroxidation.

Wan Seok Yang, Brent R Stockwell

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Review in Trends in cell biology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1,670 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1,670citing papers in PubMed, 4 pooled it
50.0field-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

1,670 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 2,971 citations in OpenAlex.

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  12. Ferroptosis in heatstroke: Mechanisms and therapeutic perspectives (Review).International journal of molecular medicine · 2026
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  18. Circular RNAs in ferroptosis regulation and tumor progression of gynecological and breast cancers: molecular mechanisms and therapeutic potential.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2026
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1,610 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

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Wan Seok YangDepartment of Biological Sciences, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA. Electronic address: yangw@stjohns.edu.
Brent R StockwellDepartment of Biological Sciences, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA; Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA; Department of Systems Biology, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA. Electronic address: bstockwell@columbia.edu.
Columbia University · USHoward Hughes Medical Institute · US

Funding

Defining the functions and translational potential of ferroptosisR35CA209896 · NCI · COLUMBIA UNIV NEW YORK MORNINGSIDE · PI STOCKWELL, BRENT R. · 2016 to 2022
$6.5M
Chemical Genetic Profiling of Engineered Tumor CellsR01CA097061 · NCI · WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RES · PI STOCKWELL, BRENT R. · 2002 to 2016
$4.8M
Defining a novel trigger for apoptosisR01GM085081 · NIGMS · COLUMBIA UNIV NEW YORK MORNINGSIDE · PI STOCKWELL, BRENT R. · 2008 to 2011
$1.5M
Comparing HTS with Fragment-Based Design for B-Raf and the Ras-Raf InteractionR01CA161061 · NCI · COLUMBIA UNIV NEW YORK MORNINGSIDE · PI STOCKWELL, BRENT R. · 2011 to 2014
$1.0M
Howard Hughes Medical InstituteNCI NIH HHS 5R01CA097061NCI NIH HHS R01 CA097061NCI NIH HHS R01 CA161061NCI NIH HHS R01CA161061NCI NIH HHS R35 CA209896NIGMS NIH HHS 5R01GM085081NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM085081
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ferroptosis is a regulated form of cell death driven by loss of activity of the lipid repair enzyme glutathione peroxidase 4 (GPX4) and subsequent accumulation of lipid-based reactive oxygen species (ROS), particularly lipid hydroperoxides. This form of iron-dependent cell death is genetically, biochemically, and morphologically distinct from other cell death modalities, including apoptosis, unregulated necrosis, and necroptosis. Ferroptosis is regulated by specific pathways and is involved in diverse biological contexts. Here we summarize the discovery of ferroptosis, the mechanism of ferroptosis regulation, and its increasingly appreciated relevance to both normal and pathological physiology.

Indexed as

Lipid PeroxidationAnimalsCell DeathGlutamic AcidGlutathione PeroxidaseHumansIronNeuronsPhospholipid Hydroperoxide Glutathione PeroxidaseReactive Oxygen SpeciesGlutamic AcidGlutathione PeroxidaseIronPhospholipid Hydroperoxide Glutathione PeroxidaseReactive Oxygen Speciescell deathferroptosisGPX4lipid peroxidesROSsystem x(c)(−)

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PMID26653790
PMCPMC4764384
OpenAlexW2189205651

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