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ReviewFrontiers in pharmacology2018

Targeting Mitochondrial Oxidative Stress to Mitigate UV-Induced Skin Damage.

Rhonda M Brand, Peter Wipf, Austin Durham, Michael W Epperly, Joel S Greenberger, Louis D Falo

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Review in Frontiers in pharmacology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 69 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
69citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
3.2field-weighted citation impact, top 7% 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

69 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 114 citations in OpenAlex.

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9 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

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Rhonda M BrandDepartment of Dermatology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States.
Peter WipfDepartment of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States.
Austin DurhamDepartment of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States.
Michael W EpperlyDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States.
Joel S GreenbergerMcGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States.
Louis D FaloDepartment of Dermatology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States.
University of Pittsburgh · USUPMC Hillman Cancer Center · US

Funding

Training and EducationU19AI068021 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI GREENBERGER, JOEL S · 2005 to 2019
$44.4M
Novel Cutaneous Radiation Injury CountermeasuresRC1AI081284 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI FALO, LOUIS D · 2008 to 2010
$1.7M
NIAID NIH HHS RC1 AI081284NIAID NIH HHS U19 AI068021
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Unmitigated UV radiation (UVR) induces skin photoaging and multiple forms of cutaneous carcinoma by complex pathways that include those mediated by UV-induced reactive oxygen species (ROS). Upon UVR exposure, a cascade of events is induced that overwhelms the skin's natural antioxidant defenses and results in DNA damage, intracellular lipid and protein peroxidation, and the dysregulation of pathways that modulate inflammatory and apoptotic responses. To this end, natural products with potent antioxidant properties have been developed to prevent, mitigate, or reverse this damage with varying degrees of success. Mitochondria are particularly susceptible to ROS and subsequent DNA damage as they are a major intracellular source of oxidants. Therefore, the development of mitochondrially targeted agents to mitigate mitochondrial oxidative stress and resulting DNA damage is a logical approach to prevent and treat UV-induced skin damage. We summarize evidence that some existing natural products may reduce mitochondrial oxidative stress and support for synthetically generated mitochondrial targeted cyclic nitroxides as potential alternatives for the prevention and mitigation of UVR-induced skin damage.

Indexed as

mitochondriaoxidative stressphotoagingphotocarcinogenesisROS

Identifiers

PMID30177881
PMCPMC6110189
OpenAlexW2888227984

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