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ArticleScientific reports2018

The ferroptosis inducer erastin irreversibly inhibits system x

Mami Sato, Ryosuke Kusumi, Shinji Hamashima, Sho Kobayashi, Satoru Sasaki, Yuhei Komiyama, Takuji Izumikawa, Marcus Conrad, Shiro Bannai, Hideyo Sato

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Article in Scientific reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 222 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
222citing papers in PubMed, 5 pooled it
24.4field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

222 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 392 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Review of ferroptosis in colorectal cancer: Friends or foes?World journal of gastroenterology · 2023
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  6. Circular RNAs in ferroptosis regulation and tumor progression of gynecological and breast cancers: molecular mechanisms and therapeutic potential.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2026
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  20. A bezafibrate bearing Pt(IV) prodrug triggers ferroptosis via modulating lipid metabolism in lung cancer cells.Journal of biological inorganic chemistry : JBIC : a publication of the Society of Biological Inorganic Chemistry · 2026
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162 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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

10 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Mami SatoLaboratory of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Department of Medical Technology, Faculty of Medicine, Niigata University, 746-2 Asahimachi-dori, Chuo-ku, Niigata, 951-8518, Japan.
Ryosuke KusumiLaboratory of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Department of Medical Technology, Faculty of Medicine, Niigata University, 746-2 Asahimachi-dori, Chuo-ku, Niigata, 951-8518, Japan.
Shinji HamashimaDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Graduate School of Medical Science, Yamagata University, Yamagata, 990-9585, Japan.
Sho KobayashiDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Graduate School of Medical Science, Yamagata University, Yamagata, 990-9585, Japan.
Satoru SasakiDepartment of Food and Applied Life Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Yamagata University, Tsuruoka, 997-8555, Japan.
Yuhei KomiyamaDepartment of Food and Applied Life Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Yamagata University, Tsuruoka, 997-8555, Japan.
Takuji IzumikawaDivision of Radioisotope Research, CCRF, Institute for Research Promotion, Niigata University, 757-1 Asahimachi-dori, Chuo-ku, Niigata, 951-8510, Japan.
Marcus ConradHelmholtz Zentrum Muenchen, Institute of Developmental Genetics, 85764, Neuherberg, Germany.
Shiro BannaiLaboratory of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Department of Medical Technology, Faculty of Medicine, Niigata University, 746-2 Asahimachi-dori, Chuo-ku, Niigata, 951-8518, Japan.
Hideyo SatoLaboratory of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Department of Medical Technology, Faculty of Medicine, Niigata University, 746-2 Asahimachi-dori, Chuo-ku, Niigata, 951-8518, Japan. hideyo-s@clg.niigata-u.ac.jp.
Niigata University · JPYamagata University · JPHelmholtz Zentrum München · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

System x

Indexed as

Cell DeathCell Line, TumorCisplatinGlutathioneHumansNecrosisNeoplasmsPiperazinesCisplatinerastinGlutathionePiperazines

Identifiers

PMID29343855
PMCPMC5772355
OpenAlexW2782636372

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