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ReviewDrug safety2016

Drug-Induced Mitochondrial Toxicity.

Iain P Hargreaves, Mesfer Al Shahrani, Luke Wainwright, Simon J R Heales

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Review in Drug safety, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
30citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
4.2field-weighted citation impact, top 6% 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

30 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 63 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

4 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Iain P HargreavesNeurometabolic Unit. Box 105, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London, WC1N 3BG, UK. i.hargreaves@ucl.ac.uk.
Mesfer Al ShahraniNeurometabolic Unit. Box 105, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London, WC1N 3BG, UK.
Luke WainwrightDepartment of Molecular Neuroscience, Institute of Neurology, University College London, Queen Square, London, UK.
Simon J R HealesNeurometabolic Unit. Box 105, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London, WC1N 3BG, UK.
Great Ormond Street Hospital · GBKing Khalid University · SANational Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery · GBUniversity College London · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The mitochondrial respiratory chain (MRC) and ATP synthase (complex V) play an essential role in cellular energy production by the process of oxidative phosphorylation. In addition to inborn errors of metabolism, as well as secondary causes from disease pathophysiology, an impairment of oxidative phosphorylation can result from drug toxicity. These 'off-target' pharmacological effects can occur from a direct inhibition of MRC enzyme activity, an induction of mitochondrial oxidative stress, an uncoupling of oxidative phosphorylation, an impairment of mitochondrial membrane structure or a disruption in the replication of mitochondrial DNA. The purpose of this review is to focus on the off-target mitochondrial toxicity associated with both commonly used pharmacotherapies and a topical 'weight loss' agent. The mechanisms of drug-induced mitochondrial impairment will be discussed together with putative therapeutic strategies to counteract the adverse effects of the pharmacotherapy.

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AnticonvulsantsAntidepressive AgentsAnti-Obesity AgentsAntioxidantsAntiretroviral Therapy, Highly ActiveHumansLevodopaMitochondriaOxidative PhosphorylationOxidative StressAnticonvulsantsAntidepressive AgentsAnti-Obesity AgentsAntioxidantsLevodopa

Identifiers

PMID26992920
OpenAlexW2298403187

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