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ReviewThe Journal of experimental medicine2019

Toward a better understanding of folate metabolism in health and disease.

Yuxiang Zheng, Lewis C Cantley

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Review in The Journal of experimental medicine, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 117 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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117citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
11.1field-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

117 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 225 citations in OpenAlex.

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  19. Folate in autism neurodevelopment.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026
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  20. MTHFD2: A Retrospective and a Glance into the Future.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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57 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

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yuxiang ZhengDepartment of Medicine, Meyer Cancer Center, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY.
Lewis C CantleyDepartment of Medicine, Meyer Cancer Center, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY lcantley@med.cornell.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-1298-7653
Cornell University · US

Funding

Role of Phosphoinositides and Protein Kinases in the control of Cancer MetabolismR35CA197588 · NCI · WEILL MEDICAL COLL OF CORNELL UNIV · PI LEWIS C. CANTLEY · 2016 to 2026
$10.2M
Project 3: Physical and Metabolic Constraints of Cancer Cell InvasionU54CA210184 · NCI · CORNELL UNIVERSITY · PI FISCHBACH, CLAUDIA · 2016 to 2020
$10.2M
NCI NIH HHS R35 CA197588NCI NIH HHS U54 CA210184
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Folate metabolism is crucial for many biochemical processes, including purine and thymidine monophosphate (dTMP) biosynthesis, mitochondrial protein translation, and methionine regeneration. These biochemical processes in turn support critical cellular functions such as cell proliferation, mitochondrial respiration, and epigenetic regulation. Not surprisingly, abnormal folate metabolism has been causally linked with a myriad of diseases. In this review, we provide a historical perspective, delve into folate chemistry that is often overlooked, and point out various missing links and underdeveloped areas in folate metabolism for future exploration.

Indexed as

Cell ProliferationEpigenesis, GeneticAnimalsFolic AcidHumansMethionineMitochondriaOxygen ConsumptionProtein BiosynthesisThymidine MonophosphateFolic AcidMethionineThymidine Monophosphate

Identifiers

PMID30587505
PMCPMC6363433
OpenAlexW2905656919

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