NADPH oxidases (NOX): an overview from discovery, molecular mechanisms to physiology and pathology

A Vermot, I Petit-Härtlein, SME Smith, F Fieschi - Antioxidants, 2021 - mdpi.com
The reactive oxygen species (ROS)-producing enzyme NADPH oxidase (NOX) was first
identified in the membrane of phagocytic cells. For many years, its only known role was in …

Nox family NADPH oxidases: molecular mechanisms of activation

RP Brandes, N Weissmann, K Schröder - Free Radical Biology and …, 2014 - Elsevier
NADPH oxidases of the Nox family are important enzymatic sources of reactive oxygen
species (ROS). Numerous homologue-specific mechanisms control the activity of this …

The redox role of G6PD in cell growth, cell death, and cancer

HC Yang, YH Wu, WC Yen, HY Liu, TL Hwang, A Stern… - Cells, 2019 - mdpi.com
The generation of reducing equivalent NADPH via glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase
(G6PD) is critical for the maintenance of redox homeostasis and reductive biosynthesis in …

Biochemistry, physiology, and pathophysiology of NADPH oxidases in the cardiovascular system

B Lassègue, A San Martín, KK Griendling - Circulation research, 2012 - Am Heart Assoc
atherosclerosis, hypertension, cardiac hypertrophy and remodeling, angiogenesis and
collateral formation, stroke, and heart failure. In this review, we discuss in detail the …

Renal metabolism and hypertension

Z Tian, M Liang - Nature communications, 2021 - nature.com
Hypertension is a leading risk factor for disease burden worldwide. The kidneys, which have
a high specific metabolic rate, play an essential role in the long-term regulation of arterial …

Oxidative Stress, Redox Signaling, and Autophagy: Cell Death Versus Survival

J Navarro-Yepes, M Burns, A Anandhan… - Antioxidants & redox …, 2014 - liebertpub.com
Significance: The molecular machinery regulating autophagy has started becoming
elucidated, and a number of studies have undertaken the task to determine the role of …

The NOX toolbox: validating the role of NADPH oxidases in physiology and disease

S Altenhöfer, PWM Kleikers, KA Radermacher… - Cellular and Molecular …, 2012 - Springer
Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are cellular signals but also disease triggers; their relative
excess (oxidative stress) or shortage (reductive stress) compared to reducing equivalents …

Aiding and abetting roles of NOX oxidases in cellular transformation

K Block, Y Gorin - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2012 - nature.com
NADPH oxidases of the NADPH oxidase (NOX) family are dedicated reactive oxygen
species-generating enzymes that broadly and specifically regulate redox-sensitive …

Deficiency of NOX1 or NOX4 prevents liver inflammation and fibrosis in mice through inhibition of hepatic stellate cell activation

T Lan, T Kisseleva, DA Brenner - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Reactive oxygen species (ROS) produced by nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate
oxidase (NOX) play a key role in liver injury and fibrosis. Previous studies demonstrated that …

Oxidative stress, a trigger of hepatitis C and B virus-induced liver carcinogenesis

AV Ivanov, VT Valuev-Elliston, DA Tyurina… - …, 2016 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Virally induced liver cancer usually evolves over long periods of time in the context of a
strongly oxidative microenvironment, characterized by chronic liver inflammation and …