Evidence map›Paper›PMID 38114454›Full record

ArticleCell death & disease2023

Gss deficiency causes age-related fertility impairment via ROS-triggered ferroptosis in the testes of mice.

Haixia Zhu, Yin Cheng, Xianmei Wang, Xing Yang, Min Liu, Jun Liu, Shuqiao Liu, Hongxiang Wang, Aizhen Zhang, Runze Li and 5 more

Open access · goldAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Cell death & disease, 2023. 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
6.3field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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, 41 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Trial
  2. Article
  3. Ferroptosis in cancer: molecular mechanisms, biological roles, and therapeutic significance.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2026
    Review
  4. Article
  5. Review
  6. Review
  7. Article
  8. Crosstalk between protein lipidation and ubiquitination in tumor biology.Apoptosis : an international journal on programmed cell death · 2026
    Review
  9. Article
  10. Article
  11. Article
  12. Article
  13. Review
  14. Article
  15. Review
  16. Article
  17. Article
  18. Review
  19. Article
  20. Review
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

15 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Haixia Zhu *Department of Pharmacology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100, China.
Yin Cheng *School of Life Science and Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Experimental Teratology, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100, China.
Xianmei WangDepartment of Reproductive Medicine, Central Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, 250013, China.
Xing YangSchool of Life Science and Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Experimental Teratology, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100, China.
Min LiuMedical Science and Technology Innovation Center, Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, 250117, China.
Jun LiuShandong Aimeng Biological Technology Co., Ltd, Jinan, 250023, China.
Shuqiao LiuSchool of Life Science and Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Experimental Teratology, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100, China.
Hongxiang WangSchool of Life Science and Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Experimental Teratology, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100, China.
Aizhen ZhangSchool of Life Science and Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Experimental Teratology, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100, China.
Runze LiMedical Science and Technology Innovation Center, Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, 250117, China.
Chao YeMedical Science and Technology Innovation Center, Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, 250117, China.
Jian ZhangSchool of Life Science and Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Experimental Teratology, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100, China. zhj8226@sdu.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0001-6231-0301
Jiangang GaoSchool of Life Science and Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Experimental Teratology, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100, China. jggao@sdu.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0001-6619-7107
Xiaolong FuMedical Science and Technology Innovation Center, Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, 250117, China. fuxiaolongshifan@163.com.ORCID 0000-0002-3884-0916
Bin WuDepartment of Reproductive Medicine, Central Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, 250013, China. wb0538@sdu.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0003-3137-6804
Shandong University · CNShandong First Medical University · CNJinan Central Hospital · CN

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 82271643
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Glutathione synthetase (GSS) catalyzes the final step in the synthesis of glutathione (GSH), a well-established antioxidant. Research on the specific roles of the Gss gene during spermatogenesis remains limited due to the intricate structure of testis. In this study, we identified pachytene spermatocytes as the primary site of GSS expression and generated a mouse model with postnatal deletion of Gss using Stra8-Cre (S8) to investigate the role of GSS in germ cells. The impact of Gss knockout on reducing male fertility is age-dependent and caused by ferroptosis in the testis. The 2-month-old S8/Gss

Indexed as

FerroptosisGlutathione SynthaseInfertility, MaleTestisAcrosomeAge FactorsAmino Acid Metabolism, Inborn ErrorsAnimalsAutophagyFemaleGene Knockout TechniquesGerm CellsMaleMeiosisMiceReactive Oxygen SpeciesGlutathione SynthaseReactive Oxygen Species

Identifiers

PMID38114454
PMCPMC10730895
OpenAlexW4389936339

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.