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ArticleNature communications2025

Prion-induced ferroptosis is facilitated by RAC3.

Hao Peng, Susanne Pfeiffer, Borys Varynskyi, Marina Qiu, Chanikarn Srinark, Xiang Jin, Xin Zhang, Katie Williams, Bradley R Groveman, Simote T Foliaki and 9 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 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

19 authors.

Hao PengGenetics and Cellular Engineering Group, Research Unit Signaling and Translation, Helmholtz Zentrum Munich, Neuherberg, Germany.
Susanne PfeifferGenetics and Cellular Engineering Group, Research Unit Signaling and Translation, Helmholtz Zentrum Munich, Neuherberg, Germany.
Borys VarynskyiGenetics and Cellular Engineering Group, Research Unit Signaling and Translation, Helmholtz Zentrum Munich, Neuherberg, Germany.
Marina QiuGenetics and Cellular Engineering Group, Research Unit Signaling and Translation, Helmholtz Zentrum Munich, Neuherberg, Germany.
Chanikarn SrinarkGenetics and Cellular Engineering Group, Research Unit Signaling and Translation, Helmholtz Zentrum Munich, Neuherberg, Germany.
Xiang JinMinistry of Education Key Laboratory for Ecology of Tropical Islands, College of Life Sciences, Hainan Normal University, Haikou, China.
Xin ZhangResearch Unit Analytical BioGeoChemistry, Helmholtz Zentrum Munich, Neuherberg, Germany.
Katie WilliamsLaboratory of Neurological Infections and Immunity/Rocky Mountain Veterinary Branch, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, MT, USA.
Bradley R GrovemanLaboratory of Neurological Infections and Immunity/Rocky Mountain Veterinary Branch, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, MT, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5059-7672
Simote T FoliakiLaboratory of Neurological Infections and Immunity/Rocky Mountain Veterinary Branch, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, MT, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7450-6926
Brent RaceLaboratory of Neurological Infections and Immunity/Rocky Mountain Veterinary Branch, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, MT, USA.
Tina ThomasLaboratory of Neurological Infections and Immunity/Rocky Mountain Veterinary Branch, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, MT, USA.
Chengxuan ChenDepartment of Biostatistics and Health Data Science, School of Medicine, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9650-1437
Constanze MüllerResearch Unit Analytical BioGeoChemistry, Helmholtz Zentrum Munich, Neuherberg, Germany.
Krisztina KovácsDepartment of Analytical Chemistry, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Pázmány, Budapest, Hungary.
Thomas ArzbergerCenter for Neuropathology and Prion Research, Munich, Germany.
Stefan MommaInstitute of Neurology (Edinger Institute), Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7816-5145
Cathryn L HaighLaboratory of Neurological Infections and Immunity/Rocky Mountain Veterinary Branch, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, MT, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7591-1149
Joel A SchickGenetics and Cellular Engineering Group, Research Unit Signaling and Translation, Helmholtz Zentrum Munich, Neuherberg, Germany. joel.schick@helmholtz-munich.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8623-4910

Funding

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation) 501860452Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation) 511521600
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Prions are infectious agents that initiate transmissible spongiform encephalopathies, causing devastating neuronal destruction in Creutzfeldt-Jakob and Kuru disease. Rapid cell death depends on presence of the endogenous prion protein PrP

Indexed as

Creutzfeldt-Jakob SyndromeFerroptosisPrionsPrPC Proteinsrac GTP-Binding ProteinsAnimalsGlutathione PeroxidaseHumansLipid PeroxidationMiceOxidative StressPhospholipid Hydroperoxide Glutathione PeroxidaseReactive Oxygen SpeciesGlutathione PeroxidasePhospholipid Hydroperoxide Glutathione PeroxidasePrionsPrPC Proteinsrac GTP-Binding ProteinsReactive Oxygen Species

Identifiers

PMID40562790
PMCPMC12198409

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