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ArticleNature2025

CoQ imbalance drives reverse electron transport to disrupt liver metabolism.

Renata L S Goncalves, Zeqiu Branden Wang, Jillian K Riveros, Güneş Parlakgül, Karen E Inouye, Grace Yankun Lee, Xiaorong Fu, Jani Saksi, Clement Rosique, Sheng Tony Hui and 5 more

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Article in Nature, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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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

17 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

15 authors.

Renata L S GoncalvesDepartment of Molecular Metabolism, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
Zeqiu Branden WangDepartment of Molecular Metabolism, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
Jillian K RiverosDepartment of Molecular Metabolism, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0009-0008-0964-2620
Güneş ParlakgülDepartment of Molecular Metabolism, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9365-7287
Karen E InouyeDepartment of Molecular Metabolism, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2743-2121
Grace Yankun LeeDepartment of Molecular Metabolism, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
Xiaorong FuCenter for Human Nutrition and Department of Pharmacology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8042-4206
Jani SaksiDepartment of Molecular Metabolism, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
Clement RosiqueDepartment of Molecular Metabolism, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
Sheng Tony HuiDepartment of Molecular Metabolism, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
Mar CollFundació de Recerca Clínic Barcelona-Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (FRCB-IDIBAPS), Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CiberEHD), Barcelona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-3726-0087
Ana Paula ArrudaDepartment of Molecular Metabolism, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6179-2687
Shawn C BurgessCenter for Human Nutrition and Department of Pharmacology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9586-5511
Isabel GrauperaDepartment of Molecular Metabolism, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
Gökhan S HotamışlıgilDepartment of Molecular Metabolism, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA. ghotamis@hsph.harvard.edu.ORCID 0000-0003-2906-1897

Funding

UT Southwestern NORCP30DK127984 · NIDDK · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI Jeff G McDonald · 2022 to 2026
$7.4M
Factors controlling metabolic flux in the liver - Supplement RevisionR01DK078184 · NIDDK · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI Shawn C Burgess · 2008 to 2026
$6.8M
Novel pathways controlling macrophage inflammation and resolution in atherosclerosisR01HL148137 · NHLBI · HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH · PI HOTAMISLIGIL, GOKHAN S · 2019 to 2022
$2.9M
Regulation of lipogenesis by TCA cycle metabolismR01DK128168 · NIDDK · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI BURGESS, SHAWN C · 2021 to 2025
$2.1M
Role of Adipokine FABP4 in Glucoregulation and Counter Regulatory ResponsesR01DK123458 · NIDDK · HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH · PI HOTAMISLIGIL, GOKHAN S · 2020 to 2023
$2.0M
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL148137NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK127984NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK078184NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK123458NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK128168
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mitochondrial reactive oxygen species (mROS) are central to physiology

Indexed as

LiverUbiquinoneAnimalsElectron TransportElectron Transport Complex IFatty LiverFemaleHumansMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLObesityReactive Oxygen SpeciesElectron Transport Complex IReactive Oxygen SpeciesUbiquinone

Identifiers

PMID40437093
PMCPMC12758653

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