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ReviewJournal of translational medicine2024

Mitochondrial quality control: the real dawn of intervertebral disc degeneration?

Ba Qiu, Xiaoxing Xie, Yanhai Xi

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Review in Journal of translational medicine, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed.

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  8. DDIT3 drives nucleus pulposus cell PANoptosis and intervertebral disc degeneration progression.Apoptosis : an international journal on programmed cell death · 2026
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  9. Mitochondrial metabolism and cancer therapeutic innovation.Signal transduction and targeted therapy · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Ba QiuDepartment of Orthopedics, Spine Surgery, Second Affiliated Hospital of Naval Medical University, Shanghai, 200003, China.
Xiaoxing XieDepartment of Orthopedics, Spine Surgery, Second Affiliated Hospital of Naval Medical University, Shanghai, 200003, China.
Yanhai XiDepartment of Orthopedics, Spine Surgery, Second Affiliated Hospital of Naval Medical University, Shanghai, 200003, China. xiyanhai@126.com.ORCID 0000-0002-9276-7211

Funding

National Key R&D Program of China 2022-3.5National Natural Science Foundation of China 82102605
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Intervertebral disc degeneration is the most common disease in chronic musculoskeletal diseases and the main cause of low back pain, which seriously endangers social health level and increases people's economic burden. Disc degeneration is characterized by NP cell apoptosis, extracellular matrix degradation and disc structure changes. It progresses with age and under the influence of mechanical overload, oxidative stress and genetics. Mitochondria are not only the energy factories of cells, but also participate in a variety of cellular functions such as calcium homeostasis, regulation of cell proliferation, and control of apoptosis. The mitochondrial quality control system involves many mechanisms such as mitochondrial gene regulation, mitochondrial protein import, mitophagy, and mitochondrial dynamics. A large number of studies have confirmed that mitochondrial dysfunction is a key factor in the pathological mechanism of aging and intervertebral disc degeneration, and balancing mitochondrial quality control is extremely important for delaying and treating intervertebral disc degeneration. In this paper, we first demonstrate the molecular mechanism of mitochondrial quality control in detail by describing mitochondrial biogenesis and mitophagy. Then, we describe the ways in which mitochondrial dysfunction leads to disc degeneration, and review in detail the current research on targeting mitochondria for the treatment of disc degeneration, hoping to draw inspiration from the current research to provide innovative perspectives for the treatment of disc degeneration.

Indexed as

Intervertebral Disc DegenerationMitochondriaMitophagyAnimalsHumansQuality ControlIntervertebral disc degenerationMitochondrial dysfunctionMitochondrial quality controlMitochondrion

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PMID39707402
PMCPMC11662537

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