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ReviewFrontiers in molecular neuroscience2017

Cochlear Homocysteine Metabolism at the Crossroad of Nutrition and Sensorineural Hearing Loss.

Teresa Partearroyo, Néstor Vallecillo, María A Pajares, Gregorio Varela-Moreiras, Isabel Varela-Nieto

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Review in Frontiers in molecular neuroscience, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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20citing papers in PubMed
4.4field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed, 36 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Hearing and Diet (Narrative Review).Indian journal of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery : official publication of the Association of Otolaryngologists of India · 2024
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  14. Betaine-homocysteineFASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2019
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Teresa PartearroyoDepartamento de Ciencias Farmacéuticas y de la Salud, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad CEU San PabloMadrid, Spain.
Néstor VallecilloDepartamento de Fisiopatología y del Sistema Nervios, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas Alberto Sols, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC-UAM)Madrid, Spain.
María A PajaresDepartamento de Fisiopatología y del Sistema Nervios, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas Alberto Sols, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC-UAM)Madrid, Spain.
Gregorio Varela-MoreirasDepartamento de Ciencias Farmacéuticas y de la Salud, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad CEU San PabloMadrid, Spain.
Isabel Varela-NietoDepartamento de Fisiopatología y del Sistema Nervios, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas Alberto Sols, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC-UAM)Madrid, Spain.
Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas Sols-Morreale · ESUniversidad San Pablo CEU · ESUniversidad Autónoma de Madrid · ES

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hearing loss (HL) is one of the most common causes of disability, affecting 360 million people according to the World Health Organization (WHO). HL is most frequently of sensorineural origin, being caused by the irreversible loss of hair cells and/or spiral ganglion neurons. The etiology of sensorineural HL (SNHL) is multifactorial, with genetic and environmental factors such as noise, ototoxic substances and aging playing a role. The nutritional status is central in aging disability, but the interplay between nutrition and SNHL has only recently gained attention. Dietary supplementation could therefore constitute the first step for the prevention and potential repair of hearing damage before it reaches irreversibility. In this context, different epidemiological studies have shown correlations among the nutritional condition, increased total plasma homocysteine (tHcy) and SNHL. Several human genetic rare diseases are also associated with homocysteine (Hcy) metabolism and SNHL confirming this potential link. Accordingly, rodent experimental models have provided the molecular basis to understand the observed effects. Thus, increased tHcy levels and vitamin deficiencies, such as folic acid (FA), have been linked with SNHL, whereas long-term dietary supplementation with omega-3 fatty acids improved Hcy metabolism, cell survival and hearing acuity. Furthermore, pharmacological supplementations with the anti-oxidant fumaric acid that targets Hcy metabolism also improved SNHL. Overall these results strongly suggest that cochlear Hcy metabolism is a key player in the onset and progression of SNHL, opening the way for the design of prospective nutritional therapies.

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folic acidnutritional imbalanceomega-3one-carbon metabolismoxidative stressrare diseases

Identifiers

PMID28487633
PMCPMC5403919
OpenAlexW2605806307

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