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High mobility group box 1 (HMGB1) phenotypic role revealed with stress.
Molecular medicine (Cambridge, Mass.) - 19 Aug 2014
Tang Daolin, Kang Rui, Van Houten Bennett, Zeh Herbert J, Billiar Timothy R, Lotze Michael T
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High mobility group box 1 (HMGB1) is an evolutionarily ancient protein that is present in one form or another in all eukaryotes. It fundamentally resides in the nucleus but translocates to the cytosol with stress and is subsequently released into the extracellular space. HMGB1 global knockout mice exhibit lethal hypoglycemia, whereas tissues and cells from conditional knockout or knock-in mice are born alive...
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