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Targeted disruption of Nrf2 causes regenerative immune-mediated hemolytic anemia.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 29 Jun 2004
Lee Jong-Min, Chan Kaimin, Kan Yuet Wai, Johnson Jeffrey A
Abstract excerpt
A basic leucine zipper transcription factor, NF-E2-related factor 2 (Nrf2), plays a critical role in the cellular defense mechanism by mediating a coordinate up-regulation of antioxidant responsive element-driven detoxification and antioxidant genes. Here, we report that targeted disruption of Nrf2 causes regenerative immune-mediated hemolytic anemia due to increased sequestration of damaged erythrocytes....
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