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Xanthine oxidoreductase is an endogenous regulator of cyclooxygenase-2.
Circulation research - 26 Nov 2004
Ohtsubo Toshio, Rovira Ilsa I, Starost Matthew F, Liu Chengyu, Finkel Toren
Abstract excerpt
Xanthine oxidoreductase (XOR) is the enzyme responsible for the final step in purine degradation resulting in the generation of uric acid. Here we have generated mice deficient in XOR. As expected, these animals lack tissue XOR activity and have low to undetectable serum levels of uric acid. Although normal at birth, XOR-/- mice fail to thrive after 10 to 14 days, and most die within the first month. The cause of...
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