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ReviewThe Eurasian journal of medicine2018

Reactive Oxygen Species: the Dual Role in Physiological and Pathological Conditions of the Human Body.

Sanaa K Bardaweel, Mustafa Gul, Muhammad Alzweiri, Aman Ishaqat, Husam A ALSalamat, Rasha M Bashatwah

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Review in The Eurasian journal of medicine, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 169 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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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

169 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Sanaa K BardaweelDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Jordan School of Pharmacy, Amman, Jordan.ORCID 0000-0002-4823-0708
Mustafa GulDepartment of Physiology, Atatürk University School of Medicine, Erzurum, Turkey.ORCID 0000-0002-0042-890X
Muhammad AlzweiriDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Jordan School of Pharmacy, Amman, Jordan.ORCID 0000-0003-3473-2552
Aman IshaqatDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Jordan School of Pharmacy, Amman, Jordan.ORCID 0000-0003-4652-0792
Husam A ALSalamatDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Jordan School of Pharmacy, Amman, Jordan.ORCID 0000-0003-3455-7491
Rasha M BashatwahDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Jordan School of Pharmacy, Amman, Jordan.ORCID 0000-0003-2396-9132

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are well-known for playing a dual role as destructive and constructive species. Indeed, ROS are engaged in many redox-governing activities of the cells for the preservation of cellular homeostasis. However, its overproduction has been reported to result in oxidative stress, which is considered as a deleterious process, and is involved in the damage of cell structures that causes various diseased states. This review provides a concise view on some of the current research published in this topic for an improved understanding of the key roles of ROS in diverse conditions of health and disease. Previous research demonstrated that ROS perform as potential signaling molecules to control several normal physiological functions at the cellular level. Additionally, there is a growing body of evidence supporting the role of ROS in various pathological states. The binary nature of ROS with their profitable and injurious characteristics indicates the complexities of their specific roles at a biological compartment and the difficulties in establishing convenient intervention procedures to treat ROS-related diseases.

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cancerfree radicalsinfertilityoxidative stressReactive oxygen species

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PMID30515042
PMCPMC6263229

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