[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 …

[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 in drug metabolism: beyond a role as a detoxifying enzyme

M Giulia Battelli, L Polito, M Bortolotti… - Current medicinal …, 2016 - ingentaconnect.com
The enzyme xanthine oxidoreductase (XOR) catalyzes the last two steps of purine
catabolism in the highest uricotelic primates. XOR is an enzyme with dehydrogenase activity …

Structure and function of xanthine oxidoreductase: where are we now?

R Harrison - Free Radical Biology and Medicine, 2002 - Elsevier
Xanthine oxidoreductase (XOR) is a complex molybdoflavoenzyme, present in milk and
many other tissues, which has been studied for over 100 years. While it is generally …

The physiology of endothelial xanthine oxidase: from urate catabolism to reperfusion injury to inflammatory signal transduction

A Meneshian, GB Bulkley - Microcirculation, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
Xanthine oxidoreductase (XOR) is a ubiquitous metalloflavoprotein that appears in two
interconvertible yet functionally distinct forms: xanthine dehydrogenase (XD), which is …

Xanthine oxidoreductase in respiratory and cardiovascular disorders

A Boueiz, M Damarla… - American Journal of …, 2008 - journals.physiology.org
In addition to its critical role in purine metabolism, xanthine oxidoreductase (XOR) has been
implicated in the development of tissue oxidative damage in a wide variety of respiratory and …

Cellular distribution, metabolism and regulation of the xanthine oxidoreductase enzyme system

CA Pritsos - Chemico-biological interactions, 2000 - Elsevier
Xanthine oxidase (EC 1.1. 3.22) and xanthine dehydrogenase (EC 1.1. 1.204) are both
members of the molybdenum hydroxylase flavoprotein family and represent different forms …

[HTML][HTML] Binding of xanthine oxidase to vascular endothelium: kinetic characterization and oxidative impairment of nitric oxide-dependent signaling

M Houston, A Estevez, P Chumley, M Aslan… - Journal of Biological …, 1999 - ASBMB
Concentrations of up to 1.5 milliunits/ml xanthine oxidase (XO)(1.1 μg/ml) are found
circulating in plasma during diverse inflammatory events. The saturable, high affinity binding …

[HTML][HTML] The impact of xanthine oxidase (XO) on hemolytic diseases

HM Schmidt, EE Kelley, AC Straub - Redox Biology, 2019 - Elsevier
Hemolytic diseases are associated with elevated levels of circulating free heme that can
mediate endothelial dysfunction directly via redox reactions with biomolecules or indirectly …