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9,10-Phenanthrenequinone promotes secretion of pulmonary aldo-keto reductases with surfactant

scientific article published on 27 January 2012

9,10-phenanthrenequinone induces monocytic differentiation of U937 cells through regulating expression of aldo-keto reductase 1C3

scientific article published on 01 January 2012

Acquisition of doxorubicin resistance facilitates migrating and invasive potentials of gastric cancer MKN45 cells through up-regulating aldo-keto reductase 1B10.

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Activation of aldo-keto reductase family member 1B14 (AKR1B14) by bile acids: Activation mechanism and bile acid-binding site

scientific article published on 10 May 2011

Aldo-Keto Reductase 1B10 and Its Role in Proliferation Capacity of Drug-Resistant Cancers

scientific article published on 31 January 2012

Aldo-keto reductase 1B10 promotes development of cisplatin resistance in gastrointestinal cancer cells through down-regulating peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ-dependent mechanism.

scientific article published on 11 July 2016

Aldo-keto reductase 1C15 as a quinone reductase in rat endothelial cell: its involvement in redox cycling of 9,10-phenanthrenequinone

scientific article published on 31 May 2011

Biochemical and structural characterization of a short-chain dehydrogenase/reductase of Thermus thermophilus HB8: a hyperthermostable aldose-1-dehydrogenase with broad substrate specificity.

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Characterization of a rat NADPH-dependent aldo-keto reductase (AKR1B13) induced by oxidative stress

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Characterization of an oligomeric carbonyl reductase of dog liver: its identity with peroxisomal tetrameric carbonyl reductase

scientific article published on 01 September 2007

Characterization of hamster NAD+-dependent 3(17)β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase belonging to the aldo-keto reductase 1C subfamily

scientific article published on 22 May 2015

Characterization of human DHRS4: an inducible short-chain dehydrogenase/reductase enzyme with 3beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase activity

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Characterization of rabbit aldose reductase-like protein with 3β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase activity

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Characterization of rabbit morphine 6-dehydrogenase and two NAD(+)-dependent 3α(17β)-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenases

scientific article published on 07 December 2012

Characterization of rat and mouse NAD+-dependent 3alpha/17beta/20alpha-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenases and identification of substrate specificity determinants by site-directed mutagenesis

scientific article published on 24 August 2007

Chromene-3-carboxamide derivatives discovered from virtual screening as potent inhibitors of the tumour maker, AKR1B10.

scientific article published in March 2010

Cloning and characterization of four rabbit aldo-keto reductases featuring broad substrate specificity for xenobiotic and endogenous carbonyl compounds: relationship with multiple forms of drug ketone reductases

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Correction to Synthesis of Potent and Selective Inhibitors of Aldo-Keto Reductase 1B10 and Their Efficacy against Proliferation, Metastasis, and Cisplatin Resistance of Lung Cancer Cells

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Crystallization and preliminary X-ray crystallographic analysis of rabbit L-gulonate 3-dehydrogenase

scientific article published on 29 February 2008

Design, synthesis and evaluation of caffeic acid phenethyl ester-based inhibitors targeting a selectivity pocket in the active site of human aldo-keto reductase 1B10

scientific article published on 29 December 2011

Design, synthesis, and biological evaluation of novel (1-thioxo-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-β-carbolin-9-yl)acetic acids as selective inhibitors for AKR1B1

scientific article published on 03 November 2011

Dimeric crystal structure of rabbit L-gulonate 3-dehydrogenase/lambda-crystallin: insights into the catalytic mechanism.

scientific article published on 8 July 2010

Dimeric dihydrodiol dehydrogenase is an efficient primate 1,5-anhydro-D-fructose reductase

scientific article published on 03 April 2020

Direct and simple fluorescence detection method for oxidized lipoproteins

scientific article published in February 2010

Enzymatic characteristics of an aldo-keto reductase family protein (AKR1C15) and its localization in rat tissues

scientific article published on 30 May 2007

Enzymatic properties of a member (AKR1C20) of the aldo-keto reductase family

scientific article published in March 2006

Exposure to 9,10-phenanthrenequinone accelerates malignant progression of lung cancer cells through up-regulation of aldo-keto reductase 1B10.

scientific article published on 9 May 2014

Geometrical Separation Method for Lipoproteins Using Bioformulated-Fiber Matrix Electrophoresis: Size of High-Density Lipoprotein Does Not Reflect Its Density

scientific article published on December 20, 2010

Glycated high-density lipoprotein regulates reactive oxygen species and reactive nitrogen species in endothelial cells

scientific article published in January 2003

Human carbonyl reductase 1 participating in intestinal first-pass drug metabolism is inhibited by fatty acids and acyl-CoAs

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Human carbonyl reductase 4 is a mitochondrial NADPH-dependent quinone reductase

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Human dehydrogenase/reductase (SDR family) member 11 is a novel type of 17β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase

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Human dehydrogenase/reductase SDR family member 11 (DHRS11) and aldo-keto reductase 1C isoforms in comparison: Substrate and reaction specificity in the reduction of 11-keto-C19-steroids

scientific article published on 08 January 2020

Identification of a determinant for strict NADP(H)-specificity and high sensitivity to mixed-type steroid inhibitor of rabbit aldo-keto reductase 1C33 by site-directed mutagenesis

scientific article published on 7 February 2015

Induction of aldo-keto reductases (AKR1C1 and AKR1C3) abolishes the efficacy of daunorubicin chemotherapy for leukemic U937 cells

scientific article published in September 2014

Inhibition of Human Aldose Reductase-Like Protein (AKR1B10) by α- and γ-Mangostins, Major Components of Pericarps of Mangosteen

scientific article published on 01 January 2012

Inhibition of aldo-keto reductase family 1 member B10 by unsaturated fatty acids

scientific article published on 22 September 2016

Involvement of an aldo-keto reductase (AKR1C3) in redox cycling of 9,10-phenanthrenequinone leading to apoptosis in human endothelial cells

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Involvement of the aldo-keto reductase, AKR1B10, in mitomycin-c resistance through reactive oxygen species-dependent mechanisms

scientific article published on 01 June 2011

Kinetic studies of AKR1B10, human aldose reductase-like protein: endogenous substrates and inhibition by steroids.

scientific article published on 22 May 2009

L-Xylulose reductase is involved in 9,10-phenanthrenequinone-induced apoptosis in human T lymphoma cells

scientific article published on 17 January 2008

Long-chain fatty acids inhibit human members of the aldo-keto reductase 1C subfamily

scientific article published on 20 June 2017

Modulation of activity and inhibitor sensitivity of rabbit aldose reductase-like protein (AKR1B19) by oxidized glutathione and SH-reagents

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Molecular cloning of a novel type of rat cytoplasmic 17beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase distinct from the type 5 isozyme

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Molecular determinants for the stereospecific reduction of 3-ketosteroids and reactivity towards all-trans-retinal of a short-chain dehydrogenase/reductase (DHRS4)

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Mouse Akr1cl gene product is a prostaglandin D2 11-ketoreductase with strict substrate specificity

scientific article published on 31 August 2019

Multiplicity of mammalian reductases for xenobiotic carbonyl compounds

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Nitric oxide mitigates apoptosis in human endothelial cells induced by 9,10-phenanthrenequinone: role of proteasomal function.

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Pathophysiological roles of aldo-keto reductases (AKR1C1 and AKR1C3) in development of cisplatin resistance in human colon cancers

scientific article published on 16 November 2012

Potent and selective inhibition of the tumor marker AKR1B10 by bisdemethoxycurcumin: probing the active site of the enzyme with molecular modeling and site-directed mutagenesis

scientific article published on 23 August 2009

Probing AKR1C30 and AKR1C31 with site-directed mutagenesis: identifying the roles of residues 54 and 56 in the binding of substrates and inhibitors

scientific article published on 01 January 2014

Probing the inhibitor selectivity pocket of human 20α-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (AKR1C1) with X-ray crystallography and site-directed mutagenesis

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Properties and tissue distribution of a novel aldo-keto reductase encoding in a rat gene (Akr1b10)

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Protective effect of rat aldo-keto reductase (AKR1C15) on endothelial cell damage elicited by 4-hydroxy-2-nonenal

scientific article published on 25 December 2010

Protective roles of aldo-keto reductase 1B10 and autophagy against toxicity induced by p-quinone metabolites of tert-butylhydroquinone in lung cancer A549 cells

scientific article published on 5 October 2014

Rabbit 3-hydroxyhexobarbital dehydrogenase is a NADPH-preferring reductase with broad substrate specificity for ketosteroids, prostaglandin D₂, and other endogenous and xenobiotic carbonyl compounds

scientific article published on 27 August 2013

Rat NAD+-dependent 3alpha-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (AKR1C17): a member of the aldo-keto reductase family highly expressed in kidney cytosol

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Rat aldose reductase-like protein (AKR1B14) efficiently reduces the lipid peroxidation product 4-oxo-2-nonenal

scientific article published on January 2010

Reduction of cytotoxic p-quinone metabolites of tert-butylhydroquinone by human aldo-keto reductase (AKR) 1B10.

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Roles of aldo-keto reductases 1B10 and 1C3 and ATP-binding cassette transporter in docetaxel tolerance

scientific article published on 15 September 2016

Roles of rat and human aldo-keto reductases in metabolism of farnesol and geranylgeraniol

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Selective inhibition of human type-5 17β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (AKR1C3) by baccharin, a component of Brazilian propolis

scientific article published on 16 April 2012

Selective inhibition of the tumor marker AKR1B10 by antiinflammatory N-phenylanthranilic acids and glycyrrhetic acid

scientific article published on January 2010

Selective inhibition of the tumor marker aldo-keto reductase family member 1B10 by oleanolic acid

scientific article published on 11 May 2011

Sphingosine kinase 1 plays a role in the upregulation of CD44 expression through extracellular signal-regulated kinase signaling in human colon cancer cells.

scientific article published on June 2013

Structure of rat aldose reductase-like protein AKR1B14 holoenzyme: Probing the role of His269 in coenzyme binding by site-directed mutagenesis

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Structure of the His269Arg mutant of the rat aldose reductase-like protein AKR1B14 complexed with NADPH

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Structure-activity relationship of flavonoids as potent inhibitors of carbonyl reductase 1 (CBR1).

scientific article published on 28 December 2014

Structure-based optimization and biological evaluation of human 20α-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (AKR1C1) salicylic acid-based inhibitors.

scientific article published on 17 September 2010

Structure-guided design, synthesis, and evaluation of salicylic acid-based inhibitors targeting a selectivity pocket in the active site of human 20alpha-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (AKR1C1).

scientific article published in May 2009

Structures of dimeric dihydrodiol dehydrogenase apoenzyme and inhibitor complex: probing the subunit interface with site-directed mutagenesis

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Substrate specificity and inhibitor sensitivity of rabbit 20α-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase

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Substrate specificity of a mouse aldo-keto reductase (AKR1C12)

scientific article published on 01 December 2006

Synthesis and structure-activity relationship of 2-phenyliminochromene derivatives as inhibitors for aldo-keto reductase (AKR) 1B10

scientific article published on 06 September 2013

Synthesis of 8-hydroxy-2-iminochromene derivatives as selective and potent inhibitors of human carbonyl reductase 1.

scientific article published on 12 June 2015

Synthesis of Potent and Selective Inhibitors of Aldo-Keto Reductase 1B10 and Their Efficacy against Proliferation, Metastasis, and Cisplatin Resistance of Lung Cancer Cells

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Synthesis of non-prenyl analogues of baccharin as selective and potent inhibitors for aldo-keto reductase 1C3

scientific article published on 14 August 2014

Toxicity against gastric cancer cells by combined treatment with 5-fluorouracil and mitomycin c: implication in oxidative stress

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Up-Regulation of Carbonyl Reductase 1 Renders Development of Doxorubicin Resistance in Human Gastrointestinal Cancers

scientific article published on January 2015