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ReviewFrontiers in cellular neuroscience2020

The Role of Iron, Its Metabolism and Ferroptosis in Traumatic Brain Injury.

Sicheng Tang, Pan Gao, Hanmin Chen, Xiangyue Zhou, Yibo Ou, Yue He

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Review in Frontiers in cellular neuroscience, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 61 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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61citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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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

61 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 110 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Ferroptosis and Senescence: A Systematic Review.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023
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  2. The emerging role of trace elements in epilepsy and metabolic disorders: a new frontier in neurotherapeutics.Biometals : an international journal on the role of metal ions in biology, biochemistry, and medicine · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Sicheng TangMedical Clinic and Polyclinic IV, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich (LMU), Munich, Germany.
Pan GaoDepartment of Translational Neurodegeneration, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Munich, Germany.
Hanmin ChenDepartment of Neurosurgery, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Xiangyue ZhouDepartment of Neurosurgery, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Yibo OuDepartment of Neurosurgery, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Yue HeDepartment of Neurosurgery, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Huazhong University of Science and Technology · CNTongji Hospital · CNGerman Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases · DELudwig-Maximilians-Universität München · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a structural and physiological disruption of brain function caused by external forces. It is a major cause of death and disability for patients worldwide. TBI includes both primary and secondary impairments. Iron overload and ferroptosis highly involved in the pathophysiological process of secondary brain injury. Ferroptosis is a form of regulatory cell death, as increased iron accumulation in the brain leads to lipid peroxidation, reactive oxygen species (ROS) production, mitochondrial dysfunction and neuroinflammatory responses, resulting in cellular and neuronal damage. For this reason, eliminating factors like iron deposition and inhibiting lipid peroxidation may be a promising therapy. Iron chelators can be used to eliminate excess iron and to alleviate some of the clinical manifestations of TBI. In this review we will focus on the mechanisms of iron and ferroptosis involving the manifestations of TBI, broaden our understanding of the use of iron chelators for TBI. Through this review, we were able to better find novel clinical therapeutic directions for further TBI study.

Indexed as

ferroptosisironiron chelatoriron metabolic disorderreactive oxygen speciestraumatic brain injury

Identifiers

PMID33100976
PMCPMC7545318
OpenAlexW3088997590

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