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ReviewDrug metabolism reviews2008

The aldo-keto reductase superfamily and its role in drug metabolism and detoxification.

Oleg A Barski, Srinivas M Tipparaju, Aruni Bhatnagar

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Review in Drug metabolism reviews, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 211 papers.

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211citing papers in PubMed
7.4field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
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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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

211 citing papers in PubMed, 533 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Oleg A BarskiDivision of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Institute of Molecular Cardiology, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky 40202, USA. o.barski@louisville.edu
Srinivas M Tipparaju
Aruni Bhatnagar
University of Louisville · US

Funding

Role of Platelet Activation and Vascular Pathology in Aldehyde ToxicityP01ES011860 · NIEHS · UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE · PI POSTLETHWAIT, EDWARD M · 2003 to 2007
$7.0M
TOXICITY OF 4-HYDROXYALKENALS IN HEARTR01HL055477 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BR GALVESTON · PI BHATNAGAR, ARUNI · 1997 to 2015
$4.4M
CARDIAC METABOLISM OF ENALSR01HL059378 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BR GALVESTON · PI BHATNAGAR, ARUNI · 1998 to 2011
$3.3M
Oxidoreductase Activity of the Beta Subunit of Kv ChannelsR21HL089372 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE · PI BARSKI, OLEG A · 2008 to 2009
$407k
NHLBI NIH HHS HL-089372NHLBI NIH HHS HL-544771NHLBI NIH HHS HL-59378NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL055477NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL059378NHLBI NIH HHS R21 HL089372NIEHS NIH HHS ES-11860NIEHS NIH HHS P01 ES011860
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The aldo-keto reductase (AKR) superfamily comprises enzymes that catalyze redox transformations involved in biosynthesis, intermediary metabolism, and detoxification. Substrates of AKRs include glucose, steroids, glycosylation end-products, lipid peroxidation products, and environmental pollutants. These proteins adopt a (beta/alpha)(8) barrel structural motif interrupted by a number of extraneous loops and helixes that vary between proteins and bring structural identity to individual families. The human AKR family differs from the rodent families. Due to their broad substrate specificity, AKRs play an important role in the phase II detoxification of a large number of pharmaceuticals, drugs, and xenobiotics.

Indexed as

Alcohol OxidoreductasesAldehyde ReductaseAldo-Keto ReductasesAnimalsHumansInactivation, MetabolicPharmaceutical PreparationsProtein Structure, SecondaryAlcohol OxidoreductasesAldehyde ReductaseAldo-Keto ReductasesPharmaceutical Preparations

Identifiers

PMID18949601
PMCPMC2663408
OpenAlexW2138393164

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