Evidence map›Paper›PMID 34885784›Full record

ReviewMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2021

The Phosphorylated Form of the Histone H2AX (γH2AX) in the Brain from Embryonic Life to Old Age.

Adalberto Merighi, Nadia Gionchiglia, Alberto Granato, Laura Lossi

Open access · goldAbstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
28citing papers in PubMed
2.4field-weighted citation impact, top 10% 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

28 citing papers in PubMed, 46 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Article
  3. Article
  4. Article
  5. Article
  6. Review
  7. Mitomycin C-induced DNA double-strand breaks are enhanced by catalytical inactivation of DNA polymerase κ in mice.Genes and environment : the official journal of the Japanese Environmental Mutagen Society · 2025
    Article
  8. Functional Features of Senescent Cells and Implications for Therapy.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
    Review
  9. Histone Phosphorylation in DNA Damage Response.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
    Review
  10. Oxidative medicine and cellular longevity · 2025
    Article
  11. Article
  12. Article
  13. Article
  14. Article
  15. Review
  16. Article
  17. Review
  18. Article
  19. Article
  20. Article
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 1 institution in 1 country.

Adalberto MerighiDepartment of Veterinary Sciences, University of Turin, I-10095 Grugliasco, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-1140-3556
Nadia GionchigliaDepartment of Veterinary Sciences, University of Turin, I-10095 Grugliasco, Italy.
Alberto GranatoDepartment of Veterinary Sciences, University of Turin, I-10095 Grugliasco, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-3755-1036
Laura LossiDepartment of Veterinary Sciences, University of Turin, I-10095 Grugliasco, Italy.
University of Turin · IT

Funding

University of Turin Local funds form UniTO
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The γ phosphorylated form of the histone H2AX (γH2AX) was described more than 40 years ago and it was demonstrated that phosphorylation of H2AX was one of the first cellular responses to DNA damage. Since then, γH2AX has been implicated in diverse cellular functions in normal and pathological cells. In the first part of this review, we will briefly describe the intervention of H2AX in the DNA damage response (DDR) and its role in some pivotal cellular events, such as regulation of cell cycle checkpoints, genomic instability, cell growth, mitosis, embryogenesis, and apoptosis. Then, in the main part of this contribution, we will discuss the involvement of γH2AX in the normal and pathological central nervous system, with particular attention to the differences in the DDR between immature and mature neurons, and to the significance of H2AX phosphorylation in neurogenesis and neuronal cell death. The emerging picture is that H2AX is a pleiotropic molecule with an array of yet not fully understood functions in the brain, from embryonic life to old age.

Indexed as

AgingAnimalsBrainEmbryo, MammalianHistonesHumansOxidative StressPhosphorylationHistonesagingapoptosiscerebral cortexDNA damageH2AXmitosisneurogenesisneuronssubventricular zone

Identifiers

PMID34885784
PMCPMC8659122
OpenAlexW3217567658

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.