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ReviewFrontiers in bioscience (Landmark edition)2017

The little big genome: the organization of mitochondrial DNA.

Iraselia Garcia, Edith Jones, Manuel Ramos, Wendy Innis-Whitehouse, Robert Gilkerson

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Review in Frontiers in bioscience (Landmark edition), 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 36 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
36citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 19% 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

36 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 63 citations in OpenAlex.

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  13. New Insights into Mitochondria in Health and Diseases.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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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

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Iraselia Garcia
Edith Jones
Manuel RamosDepartment of Biology, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Edinburg, TX 78539 USA.
Wendy Innis-WhitehouseDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Edinburg, TX 78539 USA.
Robert GilkersonDepartments of Biology and Clinical Laboratory Sciences, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, 1201 West University Drive, Edinburg, TX 78539-2999, robert.gilkerson@utrgv.edu.
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley · US

Funding

UTPA RISE Undergraduate Training ProgramR25GM100866 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS RIO GRANDE VALLEY · PI DEARTH, ROBERT KEITH, PARSONS, JASON · 2012 to 2016
$1.8M
Interaction of mitochondrial fusion and transmembrane potential in diabetic cardiovascular damageSC3GM116669 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS RIO GRANDE VALLEY · PI GILKERSON, ROBERT W · 2016 to 2023
$872k
Howard Hughes Medical Institute 52007568NIGMS NIH HHS R25 GM100866NIGMS NIH HHS SC3 GM116669
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The small (16,569 base pair) human mitochondrial genome plays a significant role in cell metabolism and homeostasis. Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) contributes to the generation of complexes which are essential to oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS). As such, mtDNA is directly integrated into mitochondrial biogenesis and signaling and regulates mitochondrial metabolism in concert with nuclear-encoded mitochondrial factors. Mitochondria are a highly dynamic, pleiomorphic network that undergoes fission and fusion events. Within this network, mtDNAs are packaged into structures called nucleoids which are actively distributed in discrete foci within the network. This sensitive organelle is frequently disrupted by insults such as oxidants and inflammatory cytokines, and undergoes genomic damage with double- and single-strand breaks that impair its function. Collectively, mtDNA is emerging as a highly sensitive indicator of cellular stress, which is directly integrated into the mitochondrial network as a contributor of a wide range of critical signaling pathways.

Indexed as

Genome, MitochondrialDNA DamageDNA, MitochondrialEnergy MetabolismHumansMitochondriaOrganelle BiogenesisOxidative PhosphorylationDNA, Mitochondrial

Identifiers

PMID27814641
PMCPMC5267354
OpenAlexW2547734246

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Registered trials

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