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ArticleFrontiers in cell and developmental biology2024

Nucleoside supplements as treatments for mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome.

Eszter Dombi, Tony Marinaki, Paolo Spingardi, Val Millar, Nastasia Hadjichristou, Janet Carver, Iain G Johnston, Carl Fratter, Joanna Poulton

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Article in Frontiers in cell and developmental biology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
12citing papers in PubMed
2.1field-weighted citation impact, top 13% 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.

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

12 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Author response to Commentary on "Long-term safety and efficacy of deoxycytidine/deoxythymidine in treatment of POLG-related disorders".Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics · 2026
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  3. Use of nucleoside therapy for mitochondrial DNA depletion/deletion syndrome (MDDS).Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics · 2026
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  8. Therapies for Mitochondrial Disease: Past, Present, and Future.Journal of inherited metabolic disease · 2025
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  11. Mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome and its cardiac complication.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2025
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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

9 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

Eszter DombiNuffield Department of Women's and Reproductive Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.
Tony MarinakiPurine Research Laboratory, Department of Biochemical Sciences, Guy's and St Thomas' Hospitals, London, United Kingdom.
Paolo SpingardiLudwig Institute for Cancer Research, Nuffield Department of Medicine, Medical Sciences Division, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.
Val MillarTarget Discovery Institute, Centre for Medicines Discovery, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.
Nastasia HadjichristouDepartment of Paediatrics, Arch Makarios III Hospital, Nicosia, Cyprus.
Janet CarverNuffield Department of Women's and Reproductive Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.
Iain G JohnstonDepartment of Mathematics, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.
Carl FratterOxford Genetics Laboratories, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, United Kingdom.
Joanna PoultonNuffield Department of Women's and Reproductive Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.
University of Oxford · GBArchbishop Makarios III Hospital · CYOxford University Hospitals NHS Trust · GBSt Thomas' Hospital · GBUniversity of Bergen · NO

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

alpers syndromeheavy isotope labelling mass spectroscopyhigh-content imagingmitochondrial DNAmitochondrial DNA depletion syndromenucleoside bypass therapyPOLGTWNK

Identifiers

PMID38665433
PMCPMC11043827
OpenAlexW4393483104

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