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ReviewFrontiers in neuroscience2025

Ferroptosis-associated signaling pathways and therapeutic approaches in depression.

Xuyang Feng, Wenyu Zhang, Xiaoxi Liu, Qiuxuan Wang, Xiao Dang, Jingxian Han, Xuezhu Zhang

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Review in Frontiers in neuroscience, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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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

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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

9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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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

7 authors.

Xuyang Feng *First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China.
Wenyu Zhang *First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China.
Xiaoxi LiuFirst Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China.
Qiuxuan WangFirst Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China.
Xiao DangFirst Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China.
Jingxian HanFirst Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China.
Xuezhu ZhangFirst Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ferroptosis, a newly identified form of cell death, is characterized by excessive iron accumulation and lipid peroxidation. Studies indicate a strong association between ferroptosis and depression; however, the precise signaling pathways and underlying molecular mechanisms remain unclear. This review summarizes the role of ferroptosis in depression and its associated signaling pathways. Additionally, therapeutic approaches for depression based on ferroptosis theory are reviewed, providing novel targets for the prevention and treatment of depression and laying a foundation for future research on the relationship between ferroptosis and depression.

Indexed as

acupuncturedepressionferroptosissignaling pathwaystraditional Chinese medicine

Identifiers

PMID40177374
PMCPMC11961976

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