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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2025

Coenzyme Q10 and Intracellular Signalling Pathways: Clinical Relevance.

David Mantle

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Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

4 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
  2. Modulation of Hepatic Cholesterol-Related Pathways byMolecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

David MantlePharma Nord (UK) Ltd., Morpeth NE61 2DB, Northumberland, UK.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Intracellular signalling pathways provide a mechanism to connect events at a cell surface to the nucleus and are of fundamental importance to normal cell functioning. Intracellular signalling pathways control many aspects of cell metabolism, including mitochondrial function, oxidative stress, inflammation, and apoptosis/ferroptosis. Randomised controlled clinical trials supplementing coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) have reported significant clinical improvements in a number of disorders, in turn associated with the action of CoQ10 to promote normal mitochondrial function, reduce oxidative stress and inflammation, and mediate apoptosis and ferroptosis. However, the precise mechanisms by which CoQ10 facilitates beneficial changes in the above factors is not completely understood. In the present article, the evidence we have reviewed provides a supporting rationale that the beneficial role of CoQ10 in the above disorders occurs via mediation of major intracellular signalling pathways, including the Nrf2/NQO1, NF-κB, P13/AKT/mTOR, MAPK, JAK/STAT, WNT/B-catenin, AMPK-YAP-OPA1, and hedgehog (Hh) pathways; the clinical consequences of such mediation are also reviewed.

Indexed as

Signal TransductionUbiquinoneAnimalsApoptosisClinical RelevanceHumansInflammationMitochondriaOxidative Stresscoenzyme Q10UbiquinoneAMPK/YAP/OPA1coenzyme Q10hedgehog pathwayintracellular signalling pathwaysJAK/STATMAPKNf-κBNrf2/NQO1P13/AKT/mTORWNT/B-catenin

Identifiers

PMID41303504
PMCPMC12652858

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