[HTML][HTML] Xanthine oxidoreductase: A leading actor in cardiovascular disease drama

L Polito, M Bortolotti, MG Battelli, A Bolognesi - Redox Biology, 2021 - Elsevier
Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are the leading cause of global mortality and their
pathogenesis lies mainly in the atherosclerotic process. There are close connections linking …

[HTML][HTML] Xanthine oxidoreductase: One enzyme for multiple physiological tasks

M Bortolotti, L Polito, MG Battelli, A Bolognesi - Redox biology, 2021 - Elsevier
Human xanthine oxidoreductase (XOR) is a multiple-level regulated enzyme, resulting from
a complicated evolutionary process that assigned it many physiological roles. The main …

[HTML][HTML] Xanthine oxidoreductase in atherosclerosis pathogenesis: Not only oxidative stress

MG Battelli, L Polito, A Bolognesi - Atherosclerosis, 2014 - Elsevier
Endothelial xanthine oxidoreductase (XOR) together with NAD (P) H oxidase and nitric
oxide (NO) synthase plays a physiologic role in inflammatory signalling, the regulation of NO …

Xanthine oxidoreductase and cardiovascular disease: molecular mechanisms and pathophysiological implications

CE Berry, JM Hare - The Journal of physiology, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
There is substantial evidence that oxidative stress participates in the pathophysiology of
cardiovascular disease. Biochemical, molecular and pharmacological studies further …

Xanthine oxidoreductase: a journey from purine metabolism to cardiovascular excitation-contraction coupling

A Agarwal, A Banerjee, UC Banerjee - Critical reviews in …, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
Xanthine oxidoreductase (XOR) is a ubiquitous complex cytosolic molybdoflavoprotein
which controls the rate limiting step of purine catabolism by converting xanthine to uric acid …

[HTML][HTML] Chronic kidney disease: Which role for xanthine oxidoreductase activity and products?

L Polito, M Bortolotti, MG Battelli, A Bolognesi - Pharmacological Research, 2022 - Elsevier
The present review explores the role of xanthine oxidoreductase (XOR) in the development
and progression of chronic kidney disease (CKD). Human XOR is a multi-level regulated …

Xanthine oxidase and uric acid in cardiovascular disease: clinical impact and therapeutic options

W Doehner, U Landmesser - Seminars in nephrology, 2011 - Elsevier
The association between increased uric acid (UA) levels and cardiovascular disease (CVD)
has been observed and studied for many decades. The value of UA as an independent …

[HTML][HTML] The role of xanthine oxidoreductase and uric acid in metabolic syndrome

MG Battelli, M Bortolotti, L Polito, A Bolognesi - Biochimica et Biophysica …, 2018 - Elsevier
Xanthine oxidoreductase (XOR) could contribute to the pathogenesis of metabolic syndrome
through the oxidative stress and the inflammatory response induced by XOR-derived …

[HTML][HTML] Hyperuricemia and endothelial function: From molecular background to clinical perspectives

T Maruhashi, I Hisatome, Y Kihara, Y Higashi - Atherosclerosis, 2018 - Elsevier
Uric acid is the end product of purine metabolism catalyzed by xanthine oxidase in humans.
In the process of purine metabolism, reactive oxygen species, including superoxide, are …

[HTML][HTML] Pathophysiology of circulating xanthine oxidoreductase: new emerging roles for a multi-tasking enzyme

MG Battelli, A Bolognesi, L Polito - … Acta (BBA)-Molecular Basis of Disease, 2014 - Elsevier
The enzyme xanthine oxidoreductase (XOR) catalyses the last step of purine degradation in
the highest uricotelic primates as a rate-limiting enzyme in nucleic acid catabolism. Although …