Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research ›› 2015, Vol. 19 ›› Issue (42): 6861-6867.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-4344.2015.42.025

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Knowledge base, research front and hot spot analysis of Cu-Zn superoxide dismutase

Zou Yu1, Li Yan-jun2, Yang Shuang1, Zhang Qing-wen1   

  1. 1College of Physical Education & Training, Shanghai University of Sport, Shanghai 200438, China; 2College of Sports Journalism Communication and Foreign Language, Shanghai University of Sport, Shanghai 200438, China
  • Online:2015-10-08 Published:2015-10-08
  • Contact: Zhang Qing-wen, Professor, Doctoral supervisor, College of Physical Education & Training, Shanghai University of Sport, Shanghai 200438, China
  • About author:Zou Yu, Studying for master’s degree, College of Physical Education & Training, Shanghai University of Sport, Shanghai 200438, China

Abstract:

BACKGROUND: Studies have found that Cu-Zn superoxide dismutase (SOD1) is associated with familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, opening up a new way of studying molecular genetics. So far more than 100 kinds of SOD1 gene mutations have been found.

OBJECTIVE: To analyze the hot spot, research front and knowledge base of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis visually.
METHODS: Totally 4 693 relevant articles published from 2005 to 2014 were retrieved from Web of Science in ISI with “Cu-Zn superoxide dismutase” or “SOD1” as search keywords. With the aid of CiteSpace III software, the visualization mapping of the network in co-cited articles and keywords was drawn to reveal knowledge base, hot spots and research front of SOD1. The parameters include the number of published papers and citations within 10 years, distribution of research countries and institutions, main source journals, research area of highly cited papers, keywords with high-frequency and emerging keywords with high-frequency in recent 5 years.

RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: The number of published papers and citations in a year showed a trend of sustained growth. United State, China and Japan rank the top three in this area, in which Chinese Academy of Sciences has a great influence among the research institutions. The research fields of SOD1 focus on neurosciences and neurology, biochemistry and molecular biology and so on. The high impact factors of journals with a large number of articles reflect the importance and innovation of this research. Ten high-cited articles consist of the knowledge base on SOD1, directing to the finding of different sites of SOD1 mutation and the measurement of protein concentrations and activity of SOD. The hot spots of SOD1 mainly focus on oxidative stress, familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis caused by SOD1 mutation and different types of transgenic animal models. The research fronts mainly focus on the finding of pathogenesis in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, such as the aggregation of TDP-43, the interaction between astrocytes and motor neurons, optineurin and the inhibitor of nuclear factor-κB, hexanucleotide repeat expansion in C9ORF72 and autophagy.
中国组织工程研究杂志出版内容重点:组织构建;骨细胞;软骨细胞;细胞培养;成纤维细胞;血管内皮细胞;骨质疏松组织工程

Key words: Copper, Zinc, Superoxide Dismutase, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis