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Mitochondrial Reverse Electron Transport: Mechanisms, Pathophysiological Roles, and Therapeutic Potential.

Yanyu Bao, Cuilan Hu, Bing Wang, Xiongxiong Liu, Qingfeng Wu, Dan Xu, Zheng Shi, Chao Sun

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Review in Biology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
24citing 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

24 citing papers in PubMed.

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  5. Rewiring the mitochondrial NADMaterials today. Bio · 2026
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  8. The two faces of mitochondrial CaJournal of physiology and biochemistry · 2026
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  19. Mitochondrial medicine in obesity: a scoping review.Open medicine (Warsaw, Poland) · 2026
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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

8 authors.

Yanyu BaoInstitute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China.
Cuilan HuInstitute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China.
Bing WangInstitute for Radiological Science, National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology (QST), Chiba 263-8555, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-7180-639X
Xiongxiong LiuInstitute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China.ORCID 0000-0002-1048-2758
Qingfeng WuInstitute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China.
Dan XuInstitute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China.ORCID 0009-0004-3473-5950
Zheng ShiSchool of Biopharmaceutical and Engineering, Lanzhou Jiaotong University, Lanzhou 730070, China.
Chao SunInstitute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China.ORCID 0000-0002-9046-3142

Funding

the Longyuan Youth Talent Program of Gansu Province 2022-5the Natural Science Foundation of Gansu Province 23JRRA677the Top Talents Project of Gansu Province 2023-9the Top Talents Project of Gansu Province 2024-96
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mitochondrial reverse electron transport (RET) represents a fundamental but potentially hazardous metabolic process in eukaryotic cells. This review systematically examines current understanding of RET mechanisms and their pathophysiological consequences. RET occurs when electrons flow inversely from reduced coenzyme Q (CoQH

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cancerischemia–reperfusionmitochondrial reverse electron transportneurodegenerative diseasestuberculosis

Identifiers

PMID41007285
PMCPMC12467400

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