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ReviewEssays in biochemistry2020

Oxidation of polyunsaturated fatty acids to produce lipid mediators.

William W Christie, John L Harwood

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Review in Essays in biochemistry, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 105 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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105citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
13.6field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

105 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 206 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 2 institutions in 1 country.

William W ChristieJames Hutton Institute, Invergowrie, Dundee, Scotland DD2 5DA, U.K.
John L HarwoodSchool of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff CF10 3AX, Wales, U.K.
Cardiff University · GBJames Hutton Institute · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The chemistry, biochemistry, pharmacology and molecular biology of oxylipins (defined as a family of oxygenated natural products that are formed from unsaturated fatty acids by pathways involving at least one step of dioxygen-dependent oxidation) are complex and occasionally contradictory subjects that continue to develop at an extraordinarily rapid rate. The term includes docosanoids (e.g. protectins, resolvins and maresins, or specialized pro-resolving mediators), eicosanoids and octadecanoids and plant oxylipins, which are derived from either the omega-6 (n-6) or the omega-3 (n-3) families of polyunsaturated fatty acids. For example, the term eicosanoid is used to embrace those biologically active lipid mediators that are derived from C20 fatty acids, and include prostaglandins, thromboxanes, leukotrienes, hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acids and related oxygenated derivatives. The key enzymes for the production of prostanoids are prostaglandin endoperoxide H synthases (cyclo-oxygenases), while lipoxygenases and oxidases of the cytochrome P450 family produce numerous other metabolites. In plants, the lipoxygenase pathway from C18 polyunsaturated fatty acids yields a variety of important products, especially the jasmonates, which have some comparable structural features and functions. Related oxylipins are produced by non-enzymic means (isoprostanes), while fatty acid esters of hydroxy fatty acids (FAHFA) are now being considered together with the oxylipins from a functional perspective. In all kingdoms of life, oxylipins usually act as lipid mediators through specific receptors, have short half-lives and have functions in innumerable biological contexts.

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AnimalsDocosahexaenoic AcidsFatty Acids, UnsaturatedHumansHydroxyeicosatetraenoic AcidsLeukotrienesLipoxygenaseNADPH-Ferrihemoprotein ReductaseOxidation-ReductionOxylipinsPlantsProstaglandin-Endoperoxide SynthasesProstaglandinsDocosahexaenoic AcidsFatty Acids, UnsaturatedHydroxyeicosatetraenoic AcidsLeukotrienesLipoxygenaseNADPH-Ferrihemoprotein ReductaseOxylipinsProstaglandin-Endoperoxide SynthasesProstaglandinsprotectin D1fatty acid metabolismlipid mediatorspolyunsaturated fatty acids

Identifiers

PMID32618335
PMCPMC7517362
OpenAlexW3039869754

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