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ReviewOxidative medicine and cellular longevity2021

The Critical Role of Oxidative Stress in Sarcopenic Obesity.

Andrea Gonzalez, Felipe Simon, Oscar Achiardi, Cristian Vilos, Daniel Cabrera, Claudio Cabello-Verrugio

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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 44 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
44citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
4.6field-weighted citation impact, top 4% 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

44 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 68 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

6 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Andrea GonzalezLaboratory of Muscle Pathology, Fragility and Aging, Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Life Sciences, Universidad Andres Bello, Santiago 8370146, Chile.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5003-7109
Felipe SimonMillennium Institute on Immunology and Immunotherapy, Santiago 8370146, Chile.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2653-9798
Oscar AchiardiEscuela de Kinesiología, Facultad de Ciencias, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Valparaíso 2340025, Chile.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3623-0994
Cristian VilosCenter for the Development of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (CEDENNA), Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Santiago 8350709, Chile.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5619-3348
Daniel CabreraDepartamento de Gastroenterología, Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago 8330077, Chile.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9634-725X
Claudio Cabello-VerrugioLaboratory of Muscle Pathology, Fragility and Aging, Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Life Sciences, Universidad Andres Bello, Santiago 8370146, Chile.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7273-2102
Universidad de Santiago de Chile · CLPontificia Universidad Católica de Chile · CLPontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso · CLUniversidad Andrés Bello · CL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sarcopenic obesity (SO) is a combination of obesity and sarcopenia that primarily develops in older people. Patients with SO have high fat mass, low muscle mass, low muscle strength, and low physical function. SO relates to metabolic syndrome and an increased risk of morbimortality. The prevalence of SO varies because of lacking consensus criteria regarding its definition and the methodological difficulty in diagnosing sarcopenia and obesity. SO includes systemic alterations such as insulin resistance, increased proinflammatory cytokines, age-associated hormonal changes, and decreased physical activity at pathophysiological levels. Interestingly, these alterations are influenced by oxidative stress, which is a critical factor in altering muscle function and the generation of metabolic dysfunctions. Thus, oxidative stress in SO alters muscle mass, the signaling pathways that control it, satellite cell functions, and mitochondrial and endoplasmic reticulum activities. Considering this background, our objectives in this review are to describe SO as a highly prevalent condition and look at the role of oxidative stress in SO pathophysiology.

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HumansMiddle AgedObesityOxidative StressSarcopenia

Identifiers

PMID34676021
PMCPMC8526202
OpenAlexW3205252850

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