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ReviewFrontiers in pediatrics2021

Biomarkers of Oxidative Stress for Neonatal Lung Disease.

Giuliana Ferrante, Giuseppe Carota, Giovanni Li Volti, Mario Giuffrè

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Review in Frontiers in pediatrics, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
16citing papers in PubMed
3.2field-weighted citation impact, top 7% 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

16 citing papers in PubMed, 27 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Associations of Early Life Ambient PMPediatric pulmonology · 2025
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  4. Molecular Approach of Oxidative Stress and Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia: Relationship of GSTM1 and GSTT1 Genes.Medical principles and practice : international journal of the Kuwait University, Health Science Centre · 2025
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  14. Oxidative Stress and Respiratory Diseases in Preterm Newborns.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021
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  15. Oxidative Stress in Preterm Newborns.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021
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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

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Giuliana FerranteDipartimento di Promozione della Salute, Materno-Infantile, Medicina Interna e Specialistica d'Eccellenza "G. D'Alessandro", Università degli Studi di Palermo, Palermo, Italy.
Giuseppe CarotaDipartimento di Scienze Biomediche e Biotecnologiche, Università degli Studi di Catania, Catania, Italy.
Giovanni Li VoltiDipartimento di Scienze Biomediche e Biotecnologiche, Università degli Studi di Catania, Catania, Italy.
Mario GiuffrèDipartimento di Promozione della Salute, Materno-Infantile, Medicina Interna e Specialistica d'Eccellenza "G. D'Alessandro", Università degli Studi di Palermo, Palermo, Italy.
University of Catania · ITUniversity of Palermo · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The transition from prenatal to postnatal life causes a significant increase in arterial oxygen tension and the activation of metabolic pathways enabling the newborn's adaptation to the extra-uterine environment. The balance between pro-oxidant and anti-oxidant systems is critical to preserve cellular functions. Indeed, oxidative stress (OS) occurs when the production of free radicals is not balanced by the activity of intracellular antioxidant systems, contributing to cellular and tissue damage. Perinatal OS may have serious health consequences during the postnatal period and later in life. Namely, OS has been recognized as the major cause of lung injury in newborns, especially those preterm born, due to their immature lung and antioxidant systems. The development of OS biomarkers has gained increasing research interest since they may provide useful insights about pathophysiological pathways underlying OS-mediated pulmonary diseases in newborns. Moreover, their implementation in clinical settings may help to early identify high risk-newborns and to provide targeted treatment. Ideally, a biomarker should demonstrate ease of use, biological validity and reproducibility, high sensitivity and specificity. However, none of the clinically validated biomarkers so far have been qualified for neonatal lung disease. Additionally, the complex technical procedures and the high cost of such determinations have hampered the use of OS biomarkers in clinical practice. This review aims to evaluate the current evidence on the application of biomarkers of oxidative stress for neonatal lung disease and exploring the most relevant issues affecting their implementation in practice, as well as the associated evidence gaps and research limitations.

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biomarkerlung diseasenewbornoxidative stressprematurity

Identifiers

PMID33681099
PMCPMC7930002
OpenAlexW3133339010

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