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ReviewAmino acids2014

Taurine and inflammatory diseases.

Janusz Marcinkiewicz, Ewa Kontny

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Review in Amino acids, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05149716 (Taurine as a Possible Anti-aging Therapy? A Controlled Clinical Trial on Taurine Antioxidant Activity in Women Aged 55 to 70 Years), which is not on this map. Cited by 253 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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253citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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NCT05149716 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2020, after this paper: background citation

Taurine as a Possible Anti-aging Therapy? A Controlled Clinical Trial on Taurine Antioxidant Activity in Women Aged 55 to 70 Years

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversity of Sao PauloRan2020 to 2020Enrolled24ConditionsOxidative StressArmsTaurine, Placebo
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

253 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 515 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Janusz MarcinkiewiczDepartment of Immunology, Jagiellonian University Medical College, 18 Czysta St., 31-121, Kraków, Poland, mmmarcin@cyf-kr.edu.pl.
Ewa Kontny
Jagiellonian University · PL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Taurine (2-aminoethanesulfonic acid) is the most abundant free amino acid in humans and plays an important role in several essential biological processes such as bile acid conjugation, maintenance of calcium homeostasis, osmoregulation and membrane stabilization. Moreover, attenuation of apoptosis and its antioxidant activity seem to be crucial for the cytoprotective effects of taurine. Although these properties are not tissue specific, taurine reaches particularly high concentrations in tissues exposed to elevated levels of oxidants (e.g., inflammatory cells). It suggests that taurine may play an important role in inflammation associated with oxidative stress. Indeed, at the site of inflammation, taurine is known to react with and detoxify hypochlorous acid generated by the neutrophil myeloperoxidase (MPO)-halide system. This reaction results in the formation of less toxic taurine chloramine (TauCl). Both haloamines, TauCl and taurine bromamine (TauBr), the product of taurine reaction with hypobromous acid (HOBr), exert antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory properties. In contrast to a well-documented regulatory role of taurine and taurine haloamines (TauCl, TauBr) in acute inflammation, their role in the pathogenesis of inflammatory diseases is not clear. This review summarizes our current knowledge concerning the role of taurine, TauCl and TauBr in the pathogenesis of inflammatory diseases initiated or propagated by MPO-derived oxidants. The aim of this paper is to show links between inflammation, neutrophils, MPO, oxidative stress and taurine. We will discuss the possible contribution of taurine and taurine haloamines to the pathogenesis of inflammatory diseases, especially in the best studied example of rheumatoid arthritis.

Indexed as

AnimalsAnti-Infective AgentsApoptosisArthritis, RheumatoidBile Acids and SaltsCalciumHumansInflammationOsmoregulationPeroxidaseTaurineAnti-Infective AgentsBile Acids and SaltsCalciumPeroxidaseTaurine

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PMID22810731
PMCPMC3894431
OpenAlexW1968690534

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