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ReviewPharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland)2018

The Role of NCOA4-Mediated Ferritinophagy in Health and Disease.

Naiara Santana-Codina, Joseph D Mancias

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Review in Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland), 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 217 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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217citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
14.3field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

217 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 353 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Naiara Santana-CodinaDivision of Genomic Stability and DNA Repair, Department of Radiation Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Institute of Medicine, Room 221, 4 Blackfan Circle, Boston, MA 02215, USA. Naiara_SantanaCodina@dfci.harvard.edu.
Joseph D ManciasDivision of Genomic Stability and DNA Repair, Department of Radiation Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Institute of Medicine, Room 221, 4 Blackfan Circle, Boston, MA 02215, USA. joseph_mancias@dfci.harvard.edu.
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute · US

Funding

Brigham and Women's Hospital MFCD Award naBurroughs Wellcome Fund 1014767.01Claudia Adams Barr Program for Innovative Cancer Research Award naSidney Kimmel Foundation Kimmel Scholar Program
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nuclear receptor coactivator 4 (NCOA4) is a selective cargo receptor that mediates the autophagic degradation of ferritin ("ferritinophagy"), the cytosolic iron storage complex. NCOA4-mediated ferritinophagy maintains intracellular iron homeostasis by facilitating ferritin iron storage or release according to demand. Ferritinophagy is involved in iron-dependent physiological processes such as erythropoiesis, where NCOA4 mediates ferritin iron release for mitochondrial heme synthesis. Recently, ferritinophagy has been shown to regulate ferroptosis, a newly described form of iron-dependent cell death mediated by excess lipid peroxidation. Dysregulation of iron metabolism and ferroptosis have been described in neurodegeneration, cancer, and infection, but little is known about the role of ferritinophagy in the pathogenesis of these diseases. Here, we will review the biochemical regulation of NCOA4, its contribution to physiological processes and its role in disease. Finally, we will discuss the potential of activating or inhibiting ferritinophagy and ferroptosis for therapeutic purposes.

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cancererythropoiesisferritinophagyferroptosisiron homeostasisNCOA4

Identifiers

PMID30360520
PMCPMC6316710
OpenAlexW2896757864

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