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ReviewFrontiers of medicine2015

Triterpenoid inducers of Nrf2 signaling as potential therapeutic agents in sickle cell disease: a review.

Amma Owusu-Ansah, Sung Hee Choi, Agne Petrosiute, John J Letterio, Alex Yee-Chen Huang

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Review in Frontiers of medicine, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 26% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Redox Signaling in Sickle Cell Disease.Current opinion in physiology · 2019
    Article
  3. Article
  4. Inflammation in sickle cell disease.Clinical hemorheology and microcirculation · 2018
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Amma Owusu-AnsahDivision of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA.
Sung Hee Choi
Agne Petrosiute
John J Letterio
Alex Yee-Chen Huang
University School · USCase Western Reserve University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sickle cell disease (SCD) is an inherited disorder of hemoglobin in which the abnormal hemoglobin S polymerizes when deoxygenated. This polymerization of hemoglobin S not only results in hemolysis and vasoocclusion but also precipitates inflammation, oxidative stress and chronic organ dysfunction. Oxidative stress is increasingly recognized as an important intermediate in these pathophysiological processes and is therefore an important target for therapeutic intervention. The transcription factor nuclear erythroid derived-2 related factor 2 (Nrf2) controls the expression of anti-oxidant enzymes and is emerging as a protein whose function can be exploited with therapeutic intent. This review article is focused on triterpenoids that activate Nrf2, and their potential for reducing oxidative stress in SCD as an approach to prevent organ dysfunction associated with this disease. A brief overview of oxidative stress in the clinical context of SCD is accompanied by a discussion of several pathophysiological mechanisms contributing to oxidative stress. Finally, these mechanisms are then related to current management strategies in SCD that are either utilized currently or under evaluation. The article concludes with a perspective on the potential of the various therapeutic interventions to reduce oxidative stress and morbidity associated with SCD.

Indexed as

Anemia, Sickle CellMolecular Targeted TherapyOxidative StressHumansNF-E2-Related Factor 2Signal TransductionTherapies, InvestigationalTriterpenesNFE2L2 protein, humanNF-E2-Related Factor 2Triterpenes

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PMID25511620
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