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ReviewMuscles (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Mechanisms Underlying Muscle-Related Diseases and Aging: Insights into Pathophysiology and Therapeutic Strategies.

Jialin Fan, Zara Khanzada, Yunpeng Xu

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Review in Muscles (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 48 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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48citing papers in PubMed, 5 pooled it
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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

48 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Jialin FanSchool of Arts and Sciences, Chemistry and Chemical Biology Cancer Institute of New Jersey (CINJ), Director's Office Cancer Institute of New Jersey (CINJ), Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA.
Zara KhanzadaDepartment of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA.
Yunpeng XuDepartment of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7768-3220

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Skeletal muscle aging and related diseases are characterized by progressive loss of muscle mass, strength, and metabolic function. Central to these processes is mitochondrial dysfunction, which impairs energy metabolism, redox homeostasis, and proteostasis. In addition, non-mitochondrial factors such as muscle stem cell exhaustion, neuromuscular junction remodeling, and chronic inflammation also contribute significantly to muscle degeneration. This review integrates recent advances in understanding mitochondrial and non-mitochondrial mechanisms underlying muscle aging and disease. Additionally, we discuss emerging therapeutic approaches targeting these pathways to preserve muscle health and promote healthy aging.

Indexed as

inflammationmitochondrial dysfunctionmuscle agingmuscle stem cellsneuromuscular junctiontherapy

Identifiers

PMID40843913
PMCPMC12371960

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