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The Connection Between Oxidative Stress, Mitochondrial Dysfunction, Iron Metabolism and Microglia in Multiple Sclerosis: A Narrative Review.

Simonida Delic, Svetlana Miletic Drakulic, Milos Stepovic, Jovana Milosavljevic, Marija Kovacevic Dimitrijevic, Kristijan Jovanovic, Ivona Marinkovic, Melanija Tepavcevic, Nikoleta Janicijevic, Aleksandra Mitrovic and 2 more

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Review in NeuroSci, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
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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

8 citing papers in PubMed.

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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

12 authors.

Simonida DelicDepartment of Anatomy, Faculty of Medical Sciences Kragujevac, University of Kragujevac, 34000 Kragujevac, Serbia.ORCID 0009-0008-6124-9965
Svetlana Miletic DrakulicDepartment of Neurology, Faculty of Medical Sciences Kragujevac, University of Kragujevac, 34000 Kragujevac, Serbia.
Milos StepovicDepartment of Anatomy, Faculty of Medical Sciences Kragujevac, University of Kragujevac, 34000 Kragujevac, Serbia.ORCID 0000-0002-6740-0215
Jovana MilosavljevicDepartment of Anatomy, Faculty of Medical Sciences Kragujevac, University of Kragujevac, 34000 Kragujevac, Serbia.
Marija Kovacevic DimitrijevicDepartment of Anatomy, Faculty of Medical Sciences Kragujevac, University of Kragujevac, 34000 Kragujevac, Serbia.
Kristijan JovanovicDepartment of Anatomy, Faculty of Medical Sciences Kragujevac, University of Kragujevac, 34000 Kragujevac, Serbia.
Ivona MarinkovicDepartment of Anatomy, Faculty of Medical Sciences Kragujevac, University of Kragujevac, 34000 Kragujevac, Serbia.
Melanija TepavcevicDepartment of Anatomy, Faculty of Medical Sciences Kragujevac, University of Kragujevac, 34000 Kragujevac, Serbia.
Nikoleta JanicijevicDepartment of Hygiene and Ecology, Faculty of Medical Sciences Kragujevac, University of Kragujevac, 34000 Kragujevac, Serbia.ORCID 0009-0000-3722-4102
Aleksandra MitrovicDepartment of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Faculty of Medical Sciences Kragujevac, University of Kragujevac, 34000 Kragujevac, Serbia.
Danica IgrutinovicDepartment of Biochemistry, University Clinical Centre Kragujevac, 34000 Kragujevac, Serbia.
Maja VulovicDepartment of Anatomy, Faculty of Medical Sciences Kragujevac, University of Kragujevac, 34000 Kragujevac, Serbia.

Funding

The work is part of a junior project that is an internal project of the Faculty of Medical Sciences in Kragujevac , Republic of Serbia since 2019 under the code JP 07/19. The project name is Evaluation of redox status in patients with multiple sclerosis. JP 07/19
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In recent years, in the pathogenesis of multiple sclerosis, emphasis has been placed on mitochondrial processes that influence the onset of the disease. Oxidative stress would be one of the consequences of mitochondrial dysfunction, and its impact on brain tissue is well described. Microglia, as a brain macrophage, have an important function in removing unwanted metabolites, as well as iron, which is an amplifier of oxidative stress. There are novelties in terms of the connection between these processes, which have redirected research more towards the process of neurodegeneration itself, so that the emphasis is no longer on neuroinflammation, which would initiate the pathological process itself and still exist in the vicinity of lesions with reduced intensity. The aim of this review is to summarize the current knowledge from the literature regarding oxidative stress, mitochondrial dysfunction and iron metabolism and how microglia are involved in these processes in multiple sclerosis.

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iron depositionmicrogliamitochondrial dysfunctionmultiple sclerosisoxidative stress

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PMID40137866
PMCPMC11944927

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