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ArticleMitochondrion2017

Evaluating the therapeutic potential of idebenone and related quinone analogues in Leber hereditary optic neuropathy.

Patrick Yu-Wai-Man, Devorah Soiferman, David G Moore, Florence Burté, Ann Saada

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Article in Mitochondrion, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 44 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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44citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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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

44 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 73 citations in OpenAlex.

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  9. Leber's Hereditary Optic Neuropathy.Medical archives (Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina) · 2025
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  16. Developments in the Treatment of Leber Hereditary Optic Neuropathy.Current neurology and neuroscience reports · 2022
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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 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Patrick Yu-Wai-ManWellcome Trust Centre for Mitochondrial Research, Institute of Genetic Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK; Newcastle Eye Centre, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK; NIHR Biomedical Research Centre at Moorfields Eye Hospital and UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, London, UK; Department of Clinical Neurosciences, School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK. Electronic address: Patrick.Yu-Wai-Man@ncl.ac.uk.
Devorah SoifermanMonique and Jacques Roboh Department of Genetic Research, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel; Department of Genetics and Metabolic Diseases, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.
David G MooreWellcome Trust Centre for Mitochondrial Research, Institute of Genetic Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
Florence BurtéWellcome Trust Centre for Mitochondrial Research, Institute of Genetic Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
Ann SaadaMonique and Jacques Roboh Department of Genetic Research, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel; Department of Genetics and Metabolic Diseases, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.
Hadassah Medical Center · ILNewcastle University · GBUniversity College London · GBWellcome Centre for Mitochondrial Research · GB

Funding

Medical Research Council G0701386Medical Research Council G1002570
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Leber hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON) is an important cause of mitochondrial blindness among young adults. In this study, we investigated the potential of four quinone analogues (CoQ

Indexed as

Adenosine TriphosphateAdolescentAntioxidantsCells, CulturedEnergy MetabolismFibroblastsHumansMaleMiddle AgedOptic Atrophy, Hereditary, LeberQuinonesReactive Oxygen SpeciesUbiquinoneYoung AdultAdenosine TriphosphateAntioxidantsidebenoneQuinonesReactive Oxygen SpeciesUbiquinoneCoenzyme Q(10)IdebenoneLeber hereditary optic neuropathyMitochondrial diseaseOptic atrophyQuinone

Identifiers

PMID28093355
PMCPMC5644719
OpenAlexW2574322946

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