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Ferroptosis: A Regulated Cell Death Nexus Linking Metabolism, Redox Biology, and Disease.

Brent R Stockwell, José Pedro Friedmann Angeli, Hülya Bayir, Ashley I Bush, Marcus Conrad, Scott J Dixon, Simone Fulda, Sergio Gascón, Stavroula K Hatzios, Valerian E Kagan and 17 more

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Review in Cell, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4,380 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
4,380citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
198.9field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4,380 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 7,155 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

27 authors at 20 institutions in 6 countries.

Brent R StockwellDepartment of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, 550 West 120(th) Street, MC 4846, New York, NY 10027, USA; Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, 550 West 120(th) Street, MC 4846, New York, NY 10027, USA. Electronic address: bstockwell@columbia.edu.
José Pedro Friedmann AngeliInstitute of Developmental Genetics, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Gesundheit und Umwelt (GmbH), München, Germany.
Hülya BayirDepartment of Critical Care Medicine, Safar Center for Resuscitation Research and Center for Free Radical and Antioxidant Health, University of Pittsburgh and Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Ashley I BushThe Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia.
Marcus ConradInstitute of Developmental Genetics, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Gesundheit und Umwelt (GmbH), München, Germany.
Scott J DixonDepartment of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
Simone FuldaInstitute for Experimental Cancer Research in Pediatrics, Goethe-University Frankfurt, German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), partner site Frankfurt, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany.
Sergio GascónLudwig-Maximilians University of Munich, Physiological Genomics, Biomedical Center (BMC), Planegg-Martinsried, Germany; Institute for Stem Cell Research, Helmholtz Center Munich at the Biomedical Center (BMC), Grosshaderner Strasse 9, 82152 Planegg-Martinsried, Germany.
Stavroula K HatziosDepartment of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology and Department of Chemistry, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06511, USA; Microbial Sciences Institute, Yale University, West Haven, CT 06516, USA.
Valerian E KaganCenter for Free Radical and Antioxidant Health, Departments of Environmental Health, Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, Chemistry, Radiation Oncology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Kay NoelCollaborative Medicinal Development, LLC, Sausalito, CA, USA.
Xuejun JiangCell Biology Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.
Andreas LinkermannDepartment of Internal Medicine III, Division of Nephrology, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus at Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany.
Maureen E MurphyProgram in Molecular and Cellular Oncogenesis, The Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Michael OverholtzerCell Biology Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.
Atsushi OyagiOno Pharma USA, Lawrenceville, NJ 08648, USA.
Gabriela C PagnussatInstituto de Investigaciones Biológicas, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, 7600 Mar del Plata, Argentina.
Jason ParkFlagship Pioneering, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Qitao RanDepartment of Cell Systems and Anatomy, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX, USA.
Craig S RosenfeldCollaborative Medicinal Development, LLC, Sausalito, CA, USA.
Konstantin SalnikowDivision of Cancer Biology, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Rockville, MD 20850, USA.
Daolin TangThe Third Affiliated Hospital, Center for DAMP Biology, Key Laboratory for Major Obstetric Diseases of Guangdong Province, Key Laboratory of Reproduction and Genetics of Guangdong Higher Education Institutes, Protein Modification and Degradation Laboratory, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China; Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Frank M TortiDepartment of Medicine, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT, USA.
Suzy V TortiDepartment of Molecular Biology and Biophysics, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT, USA.
Shinya ToyokuniDepartment of Pathology and Biological Responses, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan.
K A WoerpelDepartment of Chemistry, New York University, New York, NY, USA.
Donna D ZhangDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Pharmacy, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA.
Helmholtz Zentrum München · DEMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center · USUConn Health · USUniversity of Pittsburgh · USColumbia University · USConsejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas · ARFlagship Pioneering (United States) · USGerman Cancer Research Center · DEGuangzhou Medical University · CNLudwig-Maximilians-Universität München · DENagoya University · JPNational Cancer Institute · USNew York University · USOno Pharmaceutical (United States) · USStanford University · USThe University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio · USThe Wistar Institute · USTU Dresden · DEUniversity of Arizona · USUniversity of Melbourne · AU

Funding

X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHYP30CA008748 · NCI · SLOAN-KETTERING INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RES · PI Nicholas D Socci · 1985 to 2026
$347.4M
Tumor Microenvironment and MetastasisP30CA010815 · NCI · WISTAR INSTITUTE · PI Luis J Montaner · 1985 to 2026
$75.9M
Training and EducationU19AI068021 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI GREENBERGER, JOEL S · 2005 to 2019
$44.4M
Targeting the MAP and PI3 Kinase Pathways in MelanomaP01CA114046 · NCI · WISTAR INSTITUTE · PI MURPHY, MAUREEN E. · 2008 to 2023
$37.1M
Scientific ReagentsP01CA087497 · NCI · COLUMBIA UNIV NEW YORK MORNINGSIDE · PI PRIVES, CAROL · 2000 to 2021
$35.4M
Regulation of Cardiolin Byosynthesis in Epithelial InjuryP01HL114453 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI MALLAMPALLI, RAMA K · 2014 to 2023
$21.3M
San Antonio OAIC - Research Education Component (REC)P30AG044271 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCIENCE CENTER · PI Adam Salmon, Elena Volpi · 2015 to 2026
$14.1M
Functional Analysis of p53 Polymorphic Variants - Diversity SupplementR01CA102184 · NCI · WISTAR INSTITUTE · PI Maureen E. Murphy · 2005 to 2026
$7.4M
NRF Transcription Factors in Environmental Stress and Disease InterventionR35ES031575 · NIEHS · UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA · PI Donna D Zhang · 2020 to 2026
$7.1M
Mapping Lipid Oxidation in Traumatic Brain Injury by Mass Spectrometric ImagingR01NS076511 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI Hülya Bayir, Valerian E Kagan · 2012 to 2026
$6.8M
Defining the functions and translational potential of ferroptosisR35CA209896 · NCI · COLUMBIA UNIV NEW YORK MORNINGSIDE · PI STOCKWELL, BRENT R. · 2016 to 2022
$6.5M
Ferroptosis, Cellular Metabolism, and CancerR01CA204232 · NCI · SLOAN-KETTERING INST CAN RESEARCH · PI JIANG, XUEJUN · 2017 to 2025
$4.1M
EPA EP-C-16-014NCI NIH HHS P01 CA087497NCI NIH HHS P01 CA114046NCI NIH HHS P30 CA008748NCI NIH HHS P30 CA010815NCI NIH HHS R00 CA166517NCI NIH HHS R01 CA102184NCI NIH HHS R01 CA139319NCI NIH HHS R01 CA160417NCI NIH HHS R01 CA171101NCI NIH HHS R01 CA188025NCI NIH HHS R01 CA204232NCI NIH HHS R35 CA209896NHLBI NIH HHS P01 HL114453NIAID NIH HHS U19 AI068021NIA NIH HHS P30 AG044271NIEHS NIH HHS R35 ES031575NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM115366NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM122923NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS061817NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS076511NINDS NIH HHS R37 NS061817
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ferroptosis is a form of regulated cell death characterized by the iron-dependent accumulation of lipid hydroperoxides to lethal levels. Emerging evidence suggests that ferroptosis represents an ancient vulnerability caused by the incorporation of polyunsaturated fatty acids into cellular membranes, and cells have developed complex systems that exploit and defend against this vulnerability in different contexts. The sensitivity to ferroptosis is tightly linked to numerous biological processes, including amino acid, iron, and polyunsaturated fatty acid metabolism, and the biosynthesis of glutathione, phospholipids, NADPH, and coenzyme Q

Indexed as

Cell DeathAnimalsApoptosisHumansIronOxidation-ReductionReactive Oxygen SpeciesIronReactive Oxygen Speciescancercell deathferroptosisglutathioneironmetabolismneurodegenerationperoxidationPUFAROS

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PMID28985560
PMCPMC5685180
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