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ReviewFrontiers in physiology2015

Oxidative stress-mediated HMGB1 biology.

Yan Yu, Daolin Tang, Rui Kang

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Review in Frontiers in physiology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 133 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
133citing papers in PubMed
15.5field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

133 citing papers in PubMed, 254 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. HMGB1 as a danger signal in vascular remodeling.The Korean journal of physiology & pharmacology : official journal of the Korean Physiological Society and the Korean Society of Pharmacology · 2026
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  4. HMGB1: A Central Node in Cancer Therapy Resistance.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  8. Anti-DAMP therapies for acute inflammation.Frontiers in immunology · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yan YuDepartment of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Daolin TangDepartment of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Rui KangDepartment of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
UPMC Hillman Cancer Center · US

Funding

VECTOR CORE FACILITYP30CA047904 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI Jessie Nedrow · 1988 to 2026
$158.0M
Targeting HMGB1-mediated Autophagy in Cancer TherapyR01CA160417 · NCI · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI TANG, DAOLIN · 2012 to 2023
$3.0M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA047904NCI NIH HHS R01 CA160417
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

High mobility group box 1 (HMGB1) is a widely-expressed and highly-abundant protein that acts as an extracellular signal upon active secretion by immune cells or passive release by dead, dying, and injured cells. Both intracellular and extracellular HMGB1 play pivotal roles in regulation of the cellular response to stress. Targeting the translocation, release, and activity of HMGB1 can limit inflammation and reduce tissue damage during infection and sterile inflammation. Although the mechanisms contributing to HMGB1 biology are still under investigation, it appears that oxidative stress is a central regulator of HMGB1's translocation, release, and activity in inflammation and cell death (e.g., necrosis, apoptosis, autophagic cell death, pyroptosis, and NETosis). Thus, targeting HMGB1 with antioxidant compounds may be an attractive therapeutic strategy for inflammation-associated diseases such as sepsis, ischemia and reperfusion injury, arthritis, diabetes, and cancer.

Indexed as

apoptosisautophagyHMGB1inflammationnecrosisNETosispyroptosisROS

Identifiers

PMID25904867
PMCPMC4387954
OpenAlexW2015644932

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