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This work was supported by funding from the US National Science Foundation (IOS-0639964) to Jeffery L. Dangl, Grant BIO-2007-66806 from the SpanishMEC and from the International Reintegration Grant (2007)D/562971 from the European Union. I am indebted to Jeff Dangl, in whose laboratory the work that produced this review was begun and to both Jeff Dangl and Antonio Molina for critical reading of the manuscript.
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Angel Torres, MiguelCorresponding AuthorROS in biotic interactions
Publicated to:Physiologia Plantarum. 138 (4): 414-429 - 2010-01-01 138(4), DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3054.2009.01326.x
Authors: Angel Torres, Miguel;
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Abstract
Production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) is a hallmark of successful recognition of infection and activation of plant defenses. ROS play multifaceted signaling functions mediating the establishment of multiple responses and can act as local toxins. Controversy surrounds the origin of these ROS. Several enzymatic mechanisms, among them a plasma membrane NADPH oxidase and cell wall peroxidases, can be responsible for the ROS detected in the apoplast. However, high levels of ROS from metabolic origins and/or from downregulation of ROS-scavenging systems can also accumulate in different compartments of the plant cell. This compartmentalization could contribute to the specific functions attributed to ROS. Additionally, ROS interact with other signals and phytohormones, which could explain the variety of different scenarios where ROS signaling plays an important part. Interestingly, pathogens have developed ways to alter ROS accumulation or signaling to modify plant defenses. Although ROS have been mainly associated with pathogen attack, ROS are also detected in other biotic interactions including beneficial symbiotic interactions with bacteria or mycorrhiza, suggesting that ROS production is a common feature of different biotic interactions. Here, we present a comprehensive review describing the newer views in ROS signaling and function during biotic stress.
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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel
The work has been published in the journal Physiologia Plantarum due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2010, it was in position 26/188, thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Plant Sciences.
From a relative perspective, and based on the normalized impact indicator calculated from the Field Citation Ratio (FCR) of the Dimensions source, it yields a value of: 55.78, which indicates that, compared to works in the same discipline and in the same year of publication, it ranks as a work cited above average. (source consulted: Dimensions Jul 2025)
Specifically, and according to different indexing agencies, this work has accumulated citations as of 2025-07-08, the following number of citations:
- WoS: 525
- Scopus: 718
- Europe PMC: 170
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Leadership analysis of institutional authors
This work has been carried out with international collaboration, specifically with researchers from: United States of America.
There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (TORRES LACRUZ, MIGUEL ANGEL) and Last Author (TORRES LACRUZ, MIGUEL ANGEL).
the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been TORRES LACRUZ, MIGUEL ANGEL.