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ReviewAntioxidants (Basel, Switzerland)2021

Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors (PPARs) and Oxidative Stress in Physiological Conditions and in Cancer.

Giuliana Muzio, Giuseppina Barrera, Stefania Pizzimenti

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Review in Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 62 papers.

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62citing papers in PubMed
4.2field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

62 citing papers in PubMed, 91 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Giuliana MuzioDepartment of Clinical and Biological Sciences, University of Turin, Corso Raffaello 30, 10125 Turin, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-2730-1957
Giuseppina BarreraDepartment of Clinical and Biological Sciences, University of Turin, Corso Raffaello 30, 10125 Turin, Italy.
Stefania PizzimentiDepartment of Clinical and Biological Sciences, University of Turin, Corso Raffaello 30, 10125 Turin, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-6937-8632
University of Turin · IT

Funding

University of Turin No grant number was assigned
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPARs) belong to the nuclear hormone receptor superfamily. Originally described as "orphan nuclear receptors", they can bind both natural and synthetic ligands acting as agonists or antagonists. In humans three subtypes, PPARα, β/δ, γ, are encoded by different genes, show tissue-specific expression patterns, and contribute to the regulation of lipid and carbohydrate metabolisms, of different cell functions, including proliferation, death, differentiation, and of processes, as inflammation, angiogenesis, immune response. The PPAR ability in increasing the expression of various antioxidant genes and decreasing the synthesis of pro-inflammatory mediators, makes them be considered among the most important regulators of the cellular response to oxidative stress conditions. Based on the multiplicity of physiological effects, PPAR involvement in cancer development and progression has attracted great scientific interest with the aim to describe changes occurring in their expression in cancer cells, and to investigate the correlation with some characteristics of cancer phenotype, including increased proliferation, decreased susceptibility to apoptosis, malignancy degree and onset of resistance to anticancer drugs. This review focuses on mechanisms underlying the antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties of PPARs in physiological conditions, and on the reported beneficial effects of PPAR activation in cancer.

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cancerinflammationoxidative stressperoxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPARs)

Identifiers

PMID34829605
PMCPMC8614822
OpenAlexW3210393795

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