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ArticleJournal of lipid research2009

5-Lipoxygenase: mechanisms of regulation.

Olof Rådmark, Bengt Samuelsson

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Article in Journal of lipid research, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 90 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

90 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Olof RådmarkDepartment Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Division of Physiological Chemistry II, Karolinska Institutet, S-17177 Stockholm, Sweden.
Bengt Samuelsson

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

5-lipoxygenase (5-LO) catalyzes two steps in biosynthesis of leukotrienes (LTs), a group of lipid mediators of inflammation derived from arachidonic acid (AA). LT antagonists are used in treatment of asthma; more recently a potential role also in atherosclerosis has raised considerable interest. Furthermore, possible effects of 5-LO metabolites in relation to tumorigenesis have emerged. Thus, an understanding of the biochemistry of this lipoxygenase has potential implications for treatment of various diseases.

Indexed as

AnimalsArachidonate 5-LipoxygenaseCalcitriolEnzyme ActivationGene Expression Regulation, EnzymologicHumansNeutrophilsTransforming Growth Factor betaArachidonate 5-LipoxygenaseCalcitriolTransforming Growth Factor beta

Identifiers

PMID18987389
PMCPMC2674731

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