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ReviewAntioxidants (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Superoxide Dismutases in Immune Regulation and Infectious Diseases.

Tong Liu, Jiajin Shang, Qijun Chen

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Review in Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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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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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

8 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. MnOMaterials today. Bio · 2026
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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

3 authors.

Tong LiuKey Laboratory of Livestock Infectious Diseases, Ministry of Education, and Key Laboratory of Ruminant Infectious Disease Prevention and Control (East), Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Shenyang Agricultural University, 120 Dongling Road, Shenyang 110866, China.
Jiajin ShangKey Laboratory of Livestock Infectious Diseases, Ministry of Education, and Key Laboratory of Ruminant Infectious Disease Prevention and Control (East), Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Shenyang Agricultural University, 120 Dongling Road, Shenyang 110866, China.
Qijun ChenKey Laboratory of Livestock Infectious Diseases, Ministry of Education, and Key Laboratory of Ruminant Infectious Disease Prevention and Control (East), Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Shenyang Agricultural University, 120 Dongling Road, Shenyang 110866, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Superoxide dismutases (SODs) maintain redox homeostasis through the catalytic dismutation of superoxide anions, thereby affording protection to organisms against oxidative damage. The SOD family, encompassing Cu/Zn-SOD, Mn-SOD, Fe-SOD, and Ni-SOD, exhibits structural diversity and constitutes a multilevel antioxidant defense system with discrete subcellular localizations. Beyond their antioxidant functions, SODs also function as immunomodulatory proteins, regulating the maturation, proliferation, and differentiation of immune cells. They further fulfill a crucial role in host responses to parasitic infections. The current review synthesizes and critically evaluates extant research to comprehensively delineate the molecular architecture of SODs, their intricate post-translational modification (PTM) networks, and their dual regulatory mechanisms at the interface of immunomodulation and pathological processes. This review establishes a critical framework for elucidating the biological significance of redox homeostasis maintenance.

Indexed as

immunomodulationinfectious diseasesparasitosisPTMssuperoxide dismutase

Identifiers

PMID40722913
PMCPMC12291696

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