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ArticlePeerJ2019

Mitochondrial complex activity in permeabilised cells of chronic fatigue syndrome patients using two cell types.

Cara Tomas, Audrey E Brown, Julia L Newton, Joanna L Elson

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Article in PeerJ, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

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25citing papers in PubMed
6.1field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
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

25 citing papers in PubMed, 51 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

4 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Cara TomasInstitute of Cellular Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom.
Audrey E BrownInstitute of Cellular Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom.
Julia L NewtonInstitute of Cellular Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom.
Joanna L ElsonInstitute of Genetic Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom.
Newcastle University · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Abnormalities in mitochondrial function have previously been shown in chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) patients, implying that mitochondrial dysfunction may contribute to the pathogenesis of disease. This study builds on previous work showing that mitochondrial respiratory parameters are impaired in whole cells from CFS patients by investigating the activity of individual mitochondrial respiratory chain complexes. Two different cell types were used in these studies in order to assess individual complex activity locally in the skeletal muscle (myotubes) (

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MitochondrialMyalgic encephalomyelitisOXPHOSPeripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs)Skeletal muscle (myotubes)

Identifiers

PMID30847260
PMCPMC6398432
OpenAlexW2918401382

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