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ReviewBiomedicines2020

The Biological Role of Apurinic/Apyrimidinic Endonuclease1/Redox Factor-1 as a Therapeutic Target for Vascular Inflammation and as a Serologic Biomarker.

Yu Ran Lee, Hee Kyoung Joo, Byeong Hwa Jeon

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Review in Biomedicines, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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15citing papers in PubMed
2.9field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

15 citing papers in PubMed, 26 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Aspirin-induced acetylation of APE1/Ref-1 enhances RAGE binding and promotes apoptosis in ovarian cancer cells.The Korean journal of physiology & pharmacology : official journal of the Korean Physiological Society and the Korean Society of Pharmacology · 2025
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  2. International journal of molecular sciences · 2023
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  8. 17Biomedicines · 2021
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  12. Ref-1 protects against FeClThe Korean journal of physiology & pharmacology : official journal of the Korean Physiological Society and the Korean Society of Pharmacology · 2021
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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.

Yu Ran LeeResearch Institute for Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, Chungnam National University, 266 Munhwa-ro, Jung-gu, Daejeon 35015, Korea.ORCID 0000-0002-1902-8818
Hee Kyoung JooResearch Institute for Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, Chungnam National University, 266 Munhwa-ro, Jung-gu, Daejeon 35015, Korea.
Byeong Hwa JeonResearch Institute for Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, Chungnam National University, 266 Munhwa-ro, Jung-gu, Daejeon 35015, Korea.ORCID 0000-0002-3347-2739
Chungnam National University · KR

Funding

National Research Foundation of Korea 2014R1A6A1029617National Research Foundation of Korea 2016R1A6A3A11932015National Research Foundation of Korea 2017R1A6A3A11027834
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Endothelial dysfunction promotes vascular inflammation by inducing the production of reactive oxygen species and adhesion molecules. Vascular inflammation plays a key role in the pathogenesis of vascular diseases and atherosclerotic disorders. However, whether there is an endogenous system that can participate in circulating immune surveillance or managing a balance in homeostasis is unclear. Apurinic/apyrimidinic endonuclease 1/redox factor-1 (henceforth referred to as APE1/Ref-1) is a multifunctional protein that can be secreted from cells. It functions as an apurinic/apyrimidinic endonuclease in the DNA base repair pathway and modulates redox status and several types of transcriptional factors, in addition to its anti-inflammatory activity. Recently, it was reported that the secretion of APE1/Ref-1 into the extracellular medium of cultured cells or its presence in the plasma can act as a serological biomarker for certain disorders. In this review, we summarize the possible biological functions of APE1/Ref-1 according to its subcellular localization or its extracellular secretions, as therapeutic targets for vascular inflammation and as a serologic biomarker.

Indexed as

APE1/Ref-1cardiovascular diseasesendothelial dysfunctionserological biomarkerssubcellular localizationvascular inflammation

Identifiers

PMID32164272
PMCPMC7148461
OpenAlexW3010896646

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