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ReviewOxidative medicine and cellular longevity2021

Targeting the Mitochondrial Permeability Transition Pore to Prevent Age-Associated Cell Damage and Neurodegeneration.

Andrew C Kent, Khairat Bahgat Youssef El Baradie, Mark W Hamrick

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Review in Oxidative medicine and cellular longevity, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 51 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
51citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
5.0field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

51 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 92 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

3 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Andrew C KentMedical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, GA 30912, USA.
Khairat Bahgat Youssef El BaradieMedical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, GA 30912, USA.
Mark W HamrickMedical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, GA 30912, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2246-3121
Augusta University · USTanta University · EGUniversity of Georgia · US

Funding

THE LEPTIN-IGF1 AXIS IN MUSCULOSKELETAL AGINGP01AG036675 · NIA · AUGUSTA UNIVERSITY · PI Meghan E. McGee-Lawrence · 2011 to 2026
$31.5M
NIA NIH HHS P01 AG036675
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The aging process is associated with significant alterations in mitochondrial function. These changes in mitochondrial function are thought to involve increased production of reactive oxygen species (ROS), which over time contribute to cell death, senescence, tissue degeneration, and impaired tissue repair. The mitochondrial permeability transition pore (mPTP) is likely to play a critical role in these processes, as increased ROS activates mPTP opening, which further increases ROS production. Injury and inflammation are also thought to increase mPTP opening, and chronic, low-grade inflammation is a hallmark of aging. Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+) can suppress the frequency and duration of mPTP opening; however, NAD+ levels are known to decline with age, further stimulating mPTP opening and increasing ROS release. Research on neurodegenerative diseases, particularly on Parkinson's disease (PD) and Alzheimer's disease (AD), has uncovered significant findings regarding mPTP openings and aging. Parkinson's disease is associated with a reduction in mitochondrial complex I activity and increased oxidative damage of DNA, both of which are linked to mPTP opening and subsequent ROS release. Similarly, AD is associated with increased mPTP openings, as evidenced by amyloid-beta (A

Indexed as

AgingAnimalsHumansMitochondrial Permeability Transition PoreModels, BiologicalNerve DegenerationReactive Oxygen SpeciesMitochondrial Permeability Transition PoreReactive Oxygen Species

Identifiers

PMID33574977
PMCPMC7861926
OpenAlexW3122978645

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