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ReviewThe FEBS journal2017

Human mitochondrial nucleases.

Francesco Bruni, Robert N Lightowlers, Zofia M Chrzanowska-Lightowlers

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Review in The FEBS journal, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
18citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 15% 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

18 citing papers in PubMed, 30 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Mitochondrial DNA signals driving immune responses: Why, How, Where?Cell communication and signaling : CCS · 2025
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  5. Human mtDNA-Encoded Long ncRNAs: Knotty Molecules and Complex Functions.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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  7. Mitochondrial DNA Release in Innate Immune Signaling.Annual review of biochemistry · 2023
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  9. Semi-in vitro detection of MgScientific reports · 2022
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  16. Sensing the Stress: A Role for the UPRFrontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2018
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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

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Francesco BruniThe Wellcome Trust Centre for Mitochondrial Research, The Medical School, Newcastle University, UK.
Robert N LightowlersThe Wellcome Trust Centre for Mitochondrial Research, The Medical School, Newcastle University, UK.
Zofia M Chrzanowska-LightowlersThe Wellcome Trust Centre for Mitochondrial Research, The Medical School, Newcastle University, UK.
Wellcome Centre for Mitochondrial Research · GBNewcastle University · GB

Funding

Wellcome TrustWellcome Trust 096919/Z/11/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mitochondria are cytosolic organelles that have many essential roles including ATP production via oxidative phosphorylation, apoptosis, iron-sulfur cluster biogenesis, heme and steroid synthesis, calcium homeostasis, and regulation of cellular redox state. One of the unique features of these organelles is the presence of an extrachromosomal mitochondrial genome (mtDNA), together with all the machinery required to replicate and transcribe mtDNA. The accurate maintenance of mitochondrial gene expression is essential for correct organellar metabolism, and is in part dependent on the levels of mtDNA and mtRNA, which are regulated by balancing synthesis against degradation. It is clear that although a number of mitochondrial nucleases have been identified, not all those responsible for the degradation of DNA or RNA have been characterized. Recent investigations, however, have revealed the contribution that mutations in the genes coding for these enzymes has made to causing pathogenic mitochondrial diseases.

Indexed as

EndonucleasesHumansMitochondriaMitochondrial DiseasesMitochondrial ProteinsEndonucleasesMitochondrial ProteinscleavagedegradationhumanmitochondriamtDNAmtRNAnucleasesprocessing

Identifiers

PMID27926991
PMCPMC5484287
OpenAlexW2560718465

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