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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2015

Innovative Target Therapies Are Able to Block the Inflammation Associated with Dysfunction of the Cholesterol Biosynthesis Pathway.

Annalisa Marcuzzi, Elisa Piscianz, Claudia Loganes, Liza Vecchi Brumatti, Alessandra Knowles, Sabrine Bilel, Alberto Tommasini, Roberta Bortul, Marina Zweyer

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In one paragraph

Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 33% of its field
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

6 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Inflammasome and Mitophagy Connection in Health and Disease.International journal of molecular sciences · 2020
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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

9 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Annalisa MarcuzziDepartment of Medicine, Surgery and Health Sciences, University of Trieste, Piazzale Europa 1, Trieste 34128, Italy. annalisa.marcuzzi@burlo.trieste.it.
Elisa PiscianzInstitute for Maternal and Child Health-IRCCS "Burlo Garofolo", via dell'Istria, 65/1, Trieste 34137, Italy. elisa.piscianz@gmail.com.
Claudia LoganesDepartment of Medicine, Surgery and Health Sciences, University of Trieste, Piazzale Europa 1, Trieste 34128, Italy. claudia.loganes@gmail.com.
Liza Vecchi BrumattiInstitute for Maternal and Child Health-IRCCS "Burlo Garofolo", via dell'Istria, 65/1, Trieste 34137, Italy. liza.vecchibrumatti@burlo.trieste.it.
Alessandra KnowlesInstitute for Maternal and Child Health-IRCCS "Burlo Garofolo", via dell'Istria, 65/1, Trieste 34137, Italy. alessandra.knowles@burlo.trieste.it.
Sabrine BilelCluster in Biomedicine (CBM scrl), Trieste 34128, Italy. sabrouna14@live.com.
Alberto TommasiniInstitute for Maternal and Child Health-IRCCS "Burlo Garofolo", via dell'Istria, 65/1, Trieste 34137, Italy. alberto.tommasini@burlo.trieste.it.
Roberta BortulDepartment of Medicine, Surgery and Health Sciences, University of Trieste, Piazzale Europa 1, Trieste 34128, Italy. bortul@univ.trieste.it.
Marina ZweyerDepartment of Medicine, Surgery and Health Sciences, University of Trieste, Piazzale Europa 1, Trieste 34128, Italy. zweyer@units.it.
IRCCS Materno Infantile Burlo Garofolo · ITUniversity of Trieste · ITCluster in Biomedicine · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The cholesterol pathway is an essential biochemical process aimed at the synthesis of bioactive molecules involved in multiple crucial cellular functions. The end products of this pathway are sterols, such as cholesterol, which are essential components of cell membranes, precursors of steroid hormones, bile acids and other molecules such as ubiquinone. Several diseases are caused by defects in this metabolic pathway: the most severe forms of which cause neurological involvement (psychomotor retardation and cerebellar ataxia) as a result of a variety of cellular impairments, including mitochondrial dysfunction. These pathologies are induced by convergent mechanisms in which the mitochondrial unit plays a pivotal role contributing to defective apoptosis, autophagy and mitophagy processes. Unraveling these mechanisms would contribute to the development of effective drug treatments for these disorders. In addition, the development of biochemical models could have a substantial impact on the understanding of the mechanism of action of drugs that act on this pathway in multifactor disorders. In this review we will focus in particular on inhibitors of cholesterol synthesis, mitochondria-targeted drugs and inhibitors of the inflammasome.

Indexed as

AnimalsBiosynthetic PathwaysCholesterolHumansInflammationMetabolic DiseasesMitochondriaCholesterolapoptosisautophagycholesterolinflammasomemitochondria

Identifiers

PMID26729102
PMCPMC4730292
OpenAlexW2218620348

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