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ReviewNature reviews. Molecular cell biology2024

The cell biology of ferroptosis.

Scott J Dixon, James A Olzmann

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Review in Nature reviews. Molecular cell biology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 865 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
865citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
415.6field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

865 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 994 citations in OpenAlex.

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  18. Targeted extracellular degradation of LRP8 promotes ferroptosis in cancer cells.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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  20. Cuproptosis and the bioinorganic basis of copper-induced cell death.Journal of biological inorganic chemistry : JBIC : a publication of the Society of Biological Inorganic Chemistry · 2026
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805 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Scott J DixonDepartment of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA. sjdixon@stanford.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6230-8199
James A OlzmannDepartment of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA. olzmann@berkeley.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7751-8316
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (United States) · USStanford Medicine · US

Funding

Characterizing the Regulation of FerroptosisR01GM122923 · NIGMS · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI Scott Dixon · 2017 to 2026
$3.4M
Molecular Mechanisms of Lipid Droplet BiogenesisR01GM112948 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY · PI OLZMANN, JAMES A · 2015 to 2024
$3.1M
Lipid droplet regulation and proteome dynamicsR01DK128099 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY · PI OLZMANN, JAMES A · 2021 to 2025
$1.6M
NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK128099NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM112948NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM122923
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ferroptosis is a non-apoptotic cell death mechanism characterized by iron-dependent membrane lipid peroxidation. Here, we review what is known about the cellular mechanisms mediating the execution and regulation of ferroptosis. We first consider how the accumulation of membrane lipid peroxides leads to the execution of ferroptosis by altering ion transport across the plasma membrane. We then discuss how metabolites and enzymes that are distributed in different compartments and organelles throughout the cell can regulate sensitivity to ferroptosis by impinging upon iron, lipid and redox metabolism. Indeed, metabolic pathways that reside in the mitochondria, endoplasmic reticulum, lipid droplets, peroxisomes and other organelles all contribute to the regulation of ferroptosis sensitivity. We note how the regulation of ferroptosis sensitivity by these different organelles and pathways seems to vary between different cells and death-inducing conditions. We also highlight transcriptional master regulators that integrate the functions of different pathways and organelles to modulate ferroptosis sensitivity globally. Throughout this Review, we highlight open questions and areas in which progress is needed to better understand the cell biology of ferroptosis.

Indexed as

FerroptosisIronLipid PeroxidationAnimalsCell MembraneHumansLipid MetabolismMitochondriaOxidation-ReductionIron

Identifiers

PMID38366038
PMCPMC12187608
OpenAlexW4391878282

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