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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2024

Vitamin C as Scavenger of Reactive Oxygen Species during Healing after Myocardial Infarction.

Huabo Zheng, Yichen Xu, Elisa A Liehn, Mihaela Rusu

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In one paragraph

Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
25citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
12.7field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

25 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 41 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

4 authors at 3 institutions in 4 countries.

Huabo ZhengDepartment of Cardiology, Angiology and Intensive Care, University Hospital, Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen University, 52074 Aachen, Germany.
Yichen XuInstitute of Molecular Medicine, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense, Denmark.
Elisa A LiehnInstitute of Molecular Medicine, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense, Denmark.
Mihaela RusuInstitute of Applied Medical Engineering, Helmholtz Institute, Medical Faculty, Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen University, 52074 Aachen, Germany.
RWTH Aachen University · DEHainan Medical University · CNInstitutul National Victor Babes · RO

Funding

China Scholarship Council 202108080025China Scholarship Council 202108080145Unitatea Executiva Pentru Finantarea Invatamantului Superior a Cercetarii Dezvoltarii si Inovarii PN-III-P4-PCE-2021-1680
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Currently, coronary artery bypass and reperfusion therapies are considered the gold standard in long-term treatments to restore heart function after acute myocardial infarction. As a drawback of these restoring strategies, reperfusion after an ischemic insult and sudden oxygen exposure lead to the exacerbated synthesis of additional reactive oxidative species and the persistence of increased oxidation levels. Attempts based on antioxidant treatment have failed to achieve an effective therapy for cardiovascular disease patients. The controversial use of vitamin C as an antioxidant in clinical practice is comprehensively systematized and discussed in this review. The dose-dependent adsorption and release kinetics mechanism of vitamin C is complex; however, this review may provide a holistic perspective on its potential as a preventive supplement and/or for combined precise and targeted therapeutics in cardiovascular management therapy.

Indexed as

Ascorbic AcidMyocardial InfarctionAntioxidantsHumansOxidative StressReactive Oxygen SpeciesVitamin EVitaminsAntioxidantsAscorbic AcidReactive Oxygen SpeciesVitamin EVitaminsantioxidant capacitycardiovascular diseasesmyocardial infarctionoxidative stresspreventive strategyreactive oxidative species (ROS)vitamin C supplementation

Identifiers

PMID38542087
PMCPMC10970003
OpenAlexW4392546504

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