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ReviewAntioxidants (Basel, Switzerland)2021

Coenzyme Q at the Hinge of Health and Metabolic Diseases.

Juan Diego Hernández-Camacho, Laura García-Corzo, Daniel José Moreno Fernández-Ayala, Plácido Navas, Guillermo López-Lluch

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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 20 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
20citing papers in PubMed
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 17% 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

20 citing papers in PubMed, 31 citations in OpenAlex.

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  9. Oxytocin, Vasopressin and Stress: A Hormetic Perspective.Current issues in molecular biology · 2025
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  10. Coenzyme Q10 and Xenobiotic Metabolism: An Overview.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  14. Understanding coenzyme Q.Physiological reviews · 2024
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  16. Nutrients · 2022
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  18. Levels of Plasma Coenzyme QAntioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022
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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

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Juan Diego Hernández-CamachoCentro Andaluz de Biología del Desarrollo, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Universidad Pablo de Olavide-CSIC-JA, and CIBERER, 41013 Sevilla, Spain.
Laura García-CorzoCentro Andaluz de Biología del Desarrollo, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Universidad Pablo de Olavide-CSIC-JA, and CIBERER, 41013 Sevilla, Spain.
Daniel José Moreno Fernández-AyalaCentro Andaluz de Biología del Desarrollo, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Universidad Pablo de Olavide-CSIC-JA, and CIBERER, 41013 Sevilla, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-8176-1431
Plácido NavasCentro Andaluz de Biología del Desarrollo, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Universidad Pablo de Olavide-CSIC-JA, and CIBERER, 41013 Sevilla, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-4115-7966
Guillermo López-LluchCentro Andaluz de Biología del Desarrollo, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Universidad Pablo de Olavide-CSIC-JA, and CIBERER, 41013 Sevilla, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-9830-8502
Instituto de Salud Carlos III · ES

Funding

Centre for Biomedical Network Research on Rare Diseases RED2018-102576-TInstituto de Salud Carlos III FIS PI20/00541Ministerio de Educación Cultura y Deporte FPU16/03264Regional Government of Andalusia BIO-177Regional Government of Andalusia P18-RT-4572Regional Government of Andalusia UPO-126247Regional Government of Andalusia UPO-1265673
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Coenzyme Q is a unique lipidic molecule highly conserved in evolution and essential to maintaining aerobic metabolism. It is endogenously synthesized in all cells by a very complex pathway involving a group of nuclear genes that share high homology among species. This pathway is tightly regulated at transcription and translation, but also by environment and energy requirements. Here, we review how coenzyme Q reacts within mitochondria to promote ATP synthesis and also integrates a plethora of metabolic pathways and regulates mitochondrial oxidative stress. Coenzyme Q is also located in all cellular membranes and plasma lipoproteins in which it exerts antioxidant function, and its reaction with different extramitochondrial oxidoreductases contributes to regulate the cellular redox homeostasis and cytosolic oxidative stress, providing a key factor in controlling various apoptosis mechanisms. Coenzyme Q levels can be decreased in humans by defects in the biosynthesis pathway or by mitochondrial or cytosolic dysfunctions, leading to a highly heterogeneous group of mitochondrial diseases included in the coenzyme Q deficiency syndrome. We also review the importance of coenzyme Q levels and its reactions involved in aging and age-associated metabolic disorders, and how the strategy of its supplementation has had benefits for combating these diseases and for physical performance in aging.

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coenzyme Qmetabolic diseasemitochondriarare diseaseubiquinone

Identifiers

PMID34829656
PMCPMC8615162
OpenAlexW3214132407

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