ReviewNature metabolism2023
The pentose phosphate pathway in health and disease.
Review in Nature metabolism, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 366 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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366 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 476 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Urate-Related Genetic Risk Modulates the Anti-Aging Effects of Exogenous Nucleotides: Multi-Omics Evidence From Older Adults.Aging cell · 2026Trial
- Metabolomic characteristics of aqueous humor in young myopia patients without fundus complications.Eye (London, England) · 2026Trial
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- Low-dose l-carnitine supplementation attenuates hepatic lipid accumulation in chow-fed mice: Insights from integrated multi-omics analysis.Food chemistry. Molecular sciences · 2026Article
- Metabolic regulation of oocyte maturation and early embryo development in mammals.Life metabolism · 2026Review
- Dynamic metabolic programming of monocyte-derived cells defines immunity in CNS disease.Brain : a journal of neurology · 2026Review
- Mitochondrial Metabolic Reprogramming in Glioma: Mechanisms of Tumorigenesis and Implications for Clinical Therapy.CNS neuroscience & therapeutics · 2026Review
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- Exploring archaeal resources for biomass-derived pentose utilization: pathways, extremozymes, and bioprocessing applications.World journal of microbiology & biotechnology · 2026Review
- IDO1 regulating ROS rhythm reveals glycogenolysis/PPP as a cancer treatment target.Nature chemical biology · 2026Article
- Colonic metabolomic and transcriptomic alterations in a mouse model of metabolic syndrome.American journal of physiology. Gastrointestinal and liver physiology · 2026Article
- Asymmetric Structure-Driven Functional Synergy: A Multistimuli-Activated Janus Nanomotor for Self-Amplifying NO Cascade Therapy.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026Article
- Roles of inflammation and metabolic dysfunction in cardiovascular diseases: molecular mechanisms and therapeutic targets.Molecular biomedicine · 2026Review
- The SLC7A11 Thermostat: A Molecular Signaling Switch Between Ferroptosis and Disulfidptosis in Neurodegenerative Disease.Molecular neurobiology · 2026Review
- Energetic Decoding of VSMC Plasticity: Metabolic Reprogramming and Phenotypic Switching.Cardiovascular drugs and therapy · 2026Review
- From metabolic intermediary to neurotransmitter: purinergic signaling in neurophysiology and vulnerability of brain circuits.Bioscience reports · 2026Review
- Malate-aspartate shuttle inactivation drives pulmonary hypertension through glucose carbon flux rewiring and α-ketoglutarate-dependent epigenetic remodeling.Redox biology · 2026Article
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Abstract
The pentose phosphate pathway (PPP) is a glucose-oxidizing pathway that runs in parallel to upper glycolysis to produce ribose 5-phosphate and nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH). Ribose 5-phosphate is used for nucleotide synthesis, while NADPH is involved in redox homoeostasis as well as in promoting biosynthetic processes, such as the synthesis of tetrahydrofolate, deoxyribonucleotides, proline, fatty acids and cholesterol. Through NADPH, the PPP plays a critical role in suppressing oxidative stress, including in certain cancers, in which PPP inhibition may be therapeutically useful. Conversely, PPP-derived NADPH also supports purposeful cellular generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and reactive nitrogen species (RNS) for signalling and pathogen killing. Genetic deficiencies in the PPP occur relatively commonly in the committed pathway enzyme glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD). G6PD deficiency typically manifests as haemolytic anaemia due to red cell oxidative damage but, in severe cases, also results in infections due to lack of leucocyte oxidative burst, highlighting the dual redox roles of the pathway in free radical production and detoxification. This Review discusses the PPP in mammals, covering its roles in biochemistry, physiology and disease.
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