Evidence map›Paper›PMID 35296520›Full record

ReviewOpen heart2022

Coenzyme Q10 deficiency can be expected to compromise Sirt1 activity.

James J DiNicolantonio, Mark F McCarty, James H O'Keefe

Open access · goldAbstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review in Open heart, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
8citing papers in PubMed
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 34% 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

8 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Coenzyme QInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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  7. Heart Failure-Do We Need New Drugs or Have Them Already? A Case of Coenzyme Q10.Journal of cardiovascular development and disease · 2022
    Review
  8. Nutraceutical and Dietary Strategies for Up-Regulating Macroautophagy.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022
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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

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

James J DiNicolantonioDepartment of Preventive Cardiology, Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute, Kansas City, Missouri, USA jjdinicol@gmail.com.ORCID 0000-0002-7888-1528
Mark F McCartyCatalytic Longevity, Encinitas, California, USA.
James H O'KeefeSaint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3376-5822
Saint Luke's Hospital · USCatalytic Longevity · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

For reasons that remain unclear, endogenous synthesis and tissue levels of coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) tend to decline with increasing age in at least some tissues. When CoQ10 levels are sufficiently low, this compromises the efficiency of the mitochondrial electron transport chain, such that production of superoxide by site 2 increases and the rate of adenosine triphosphate production declines. Moreover, CoQ10 deficiency can be expected to decrease activities of Sirt1 and Sirt3 deacetylases, believed to be key determinants of health span. Reduction of the cytoplasmic and mitochondrial NAD

Indexed as

Mitochondrial DiseasesSirtuin 1AtaxiaHumansMuscle WeaknessUbiquinoneSIRT1 protein, humanSirtuin 1Ubiquinoneatrial fibrillationatrial fluttercarotid artery diseases

Identifiers

PMID35296520
PMCPMC8928362
OpenAlexW4220853763

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