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ArticleFrontiers in medicine2023

The BACH1 inhibitor ASP8731 inhibits inflammation and vaso-occlusion and induces fetal hemoglobin in sickle cell disease.

John D Belcher, Selvaraj Nataraja, Fuad Abdulla, Ping Zhang, Chunsheng Chen, Julia Nguyen, Conglin Ruan, Maneet Singh, Shilpa Demes, Lyndsay Olson and 6 more

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Article in Frontiers in medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11citing papers in PubMed
5.5field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Crosstalk Between Sickle Cell Disease and Ferroptosis.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  8. HPPE Activates NRF2 Signaling by Liberating Heavy Metal Stores.Chembiochem : a European journal of chemical biology · 2025
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  11. Ferroptosis as an emerging target in sickle cell disease.Current research in toxicology · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

John D BelcherDepartment of Medicine, Division of Hematology, Oncology and Transplantation, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States.
Selvaraj NatarajaMitobridge Inc., Cambridge, MA, United States.
Fuad AbdullaDepartment of Medicine, Division of Hematology, Oncology and Transplantation, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States.
Ping ZhangDepartment of Medicine, Division of Hematology, Oncology and Transplantation, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States.
Chunsheng ChenDepartment of Medicine, Division of Hematology, Oncology and Transplantation, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States.
Julia NguyenDepartment of Medicine, Division of Hematology, Oncology and Transplantation, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States.
Conglin RuanDepartment of Medicine, Division of Hematology, Oncology and Transplantation, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States.
Maneet SinghMitobridge Inc., Cambridge, MA, United States.
Shilpa DemesAstellas Pharma Global Development Inc., Northbrook, IL, United States.
Lyndsay OlsonMitobridge Inc., Cambridge, MA, United States.
Domi StickensMitobridge Inc., Cambridge, MA, United States.
Jeff StanwixMitobridge Inc., Cambridge, MA, United States.
Emer ClarkeReachBio, Seattle, WA, United States.
Yongzhao HuangReachBio, Seattle, WA, United States.
Margaret BiddleMitobridge Inc., Cambridge, MA, United States.
Gregory M VercellottiDepartment of Medicine, Division of Hematology, Oncology and Transplantation, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States.
University of Minnesota · USAstellas Pharma (United States) · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In sickle cell disease (SCD), heme released during intravascular hemolysis promotes oxidative stress, inflammation, and vaso-occlusion. Conversely, free heme can also activate expression of antioxidant and globin genes. Heme binds to the transcription factor BACH1, which represses NRF2-mediated gene transcription. ASP8731, is a selective small molecule inhibitor of BACH1. We investigated the ability of ASP8731 to modulate pathways involved in SCD pathophysiology. In HepG2 liver cells, ASP8731 increased

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BACH1gamma globinhemoglobin FHMOX1NF-kappa BNrf2sickle cell diseasevaso-occlusion

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PMID37144034
PMCPMC10152901
OpenAlexW4366346988

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