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ReviewCurrent molecular medicine2010

Understanding the role of aldose reductase in ocular inflammation.

U C S Yadav, S K Srivastava, K V Ramana

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Review in Current molecular medicine, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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19citing papers in PubMed
2.5field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
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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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

19 citing papers in PubMed, 41 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.

U C S YadavDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas 77555, USA. kvramana@utmb.edu.
S K Srivastava
K V Ramana
The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston · US

Funding

Role of Aldose Reductase in Diabetic ComplicationsR37DK036118 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BR GALVESTON · PI SRIVASTAVA, SATISH K · 2003 to 2013
$4.1M
Aldose Reductase: A Regulator of Inflammatory SignalsR01GM071036 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BR GALVESTON · PI RAMANA, KOTA VENKATA · 2005 to 2011
$1.8M
Amelioration of Uveitis by Aldose reductase InhibitionR01EY018591 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MED BR GALVESTON · PI RAMANA, KOTA VENKATA · 2009 to 2010
$755k
ALDOSE REDUCTASE AND DIABETIC COMPLICATIONSR01DK036118 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BR GALVESTON · PI SRIVASTAVA, SATISH K · 1987 to 2002
$626k
ENDOPHTHALMITIS VITRECTOMY--CLINICAL CENTERU10EY008591 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI VINE, ANDREW K · 1990 to 1993
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Structural Biology /Structural Genomics of TraffickingZ01DK036118 · NIDDK · DIABETES, DIGESTIVE, KIDNEY DISEASES · PI HURLEY, JAMES H · 1994 to 2006
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Intramural NIH HHS Z01 DK036118NEI NIH HHS EY08591NEI NIH HHS R01 EY018591NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK036118NIDDK NIH HHS R37 DK036118NIGMS NIH HHS GM71036NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM071036
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Aldose reductase, although identified initially as a glucose-reducing enzyme via polyol pathway, is believed to be an important component of antioxidant defense system as well as a key mediator of oxidative stress-induced molecular signaling. The dual role played by AR has made it a very important enzyme for the regulation of not only the cellular redox state by detoxifying the reactive lipid-aldehydes generated by lipid peroxidation which is crucial in the cellular homeostasis, but also in the regulation of molecular signaling cascade that may regulate oxidative stress-induced cytotoxic events. Search for the new molecular targets to restrain the oxidative stress-induced inflammation has resulted in the identification of AR as an unanticipated mediator of oxidative stress-induced signaling. Although, in last one decade or so AR has been implicated in various inflammation-related diseases conditions ranging from diabetes, sepsis, cancer, cardiovascular and ocular inflammation, however, a critical evaluation of the clinical efficacy of AR inhibitors awaits a better understanding of the role of AR in regulating inflammation, especially in ocular inflammation.

Indexed as

Aldehyde ReductaseAnimalsEyeHumansInflammationModels, BiologicalNF-kappa BSignal TransductionUveitisAldehyde ReductaseNF-kappa B

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PMID20642441
PMCPMC2912437
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