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ReviewSignal transduction and targeted therapy2022

Copper homeostasis and cuproptosis in health and disease.

Liyun Chen, Junxia Min, Fudi Wang

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Review in Signal transduction and targeted therapy, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 797 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
797citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
139.6field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

797 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 1,292 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
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  11. Clinical translation and landscape of copper nanoparticles.Drug delivery and translational research · 2026
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  13. Unveiling the pathogenesis and therapeutic strategies of Alzheimer's disease through cuproptosis.Biometals : an international journal on the role of metal ions in biology, biochemistry, and medicine · 2026
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  15. Ultrasound-activated CuJournal of nanobiotechnology · 2026
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737 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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.

Liyun ChenThe Fourth Affiliated Hospital, The First Affiliated Hospital, Institute of Translational Medicine, School of Public Health, State Key Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
Junxia MinThe Fourth Affiliated Hospital, The First Affiliated Hospital, Institute of Translational Medicine, School of Public Health, State Key Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China. junxiamin@zju.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0001-8099-6327
Fudi WangThe Fourth Affiliated Hospital, The First Affiliated Hospital, Institute of Translational Medicine, School of Public Health, State Key Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China. fwang@zju.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0001-8730-0003
Zhejiang University · CNFirst Affiliated Hospital of University of South China · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

As an essential micronutrient, copper is required for a wide range of physiological processes in virtually all cell types. Because the accumulation of intracellular copper can induce oxidative stress and perturbing cellular function, copper homeostasis is tightly regulated. Recent studies identified a novel copper-dependent form of cell death called cuproptosis, which is distinct from all other known pathways underlying cell death. Cuproptosis occurs via copper binding to lipoylated enzymes in the tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle, which leads to subsequent protein aggregation, proteotoxic stress, and ultimately cell death. Here, we summarize our current knowledge regarding copper metabolism, copper-related disease, the characteristics of cuproptosis, and the mechanisms that regulate cuproptosis. In addition, we discuss the implications of cuproptosis in the pathogenesis of various disease conditions, including Wilson's disease, neurodegenerative diseases, and cancer, and we discuss the therapeutic potential of targeting cuproptosis.

Indexed as

ApoptosisCopperNeurodegenerative DiseasesCell DeathHomeostasisHumansOxidative StressCopper

Identifiers

PMID36414625
PMCPMC9681860
OpenAlexW4309673498

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