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ArticleBiomedicines2020

The Role of Soluble Uric Acid in Modulating Autophagy Flux and Inflammasome Activation during Bacterial Infection in Macrophages.

Duha Al-Awad, Nada Al-Emadi, Marawan Abu-Madi, Asmaa A Al-Thani, Susu M Zughaier

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Article in Biomedicines, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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14citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed, 23 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Empagliflozin improves renal injury of diabetic nephropathy complicated with hyperuricemia through AMPK by promoting autophagy and inhibiting apoptosis.Saudi pharmaceutical journal : SPJ : the official publication of the Saudi Pharmaceutical Society · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Duha Al-AwadBiomedical Science Department, College of Health Sciences, Qatar University, P.O. Box 2713 Doha, Qatar.ORCID 0000-0002-3733-7868
Nada Al-EmadiBiomedical Science Department, College of Health Sciences, Qatar University, P.O. Box 2713 Doha, Qatar.
Marawan Abu-MadiBiomedical Science Department, College of Health Sciences, Qatar University, P.O. Box 2713 Doha, Qatar.ORCID 0000-0001-7843-1255
Asmaa A Al-ThaniBiomedical Science Department, College of Health Sciences, Qatar University, P.O. Box 2713 Doha, Qatar.
Susu M ZughaierBiomedical and Pharmaceutical Research Unit, QU Health, Qatar University, P.O. Box 2713 Doha, Qatar.ORCID 0000-0001-7487-8770
Qatar University · QA

Funding

Qatar University QUSD-CMED-2018-2019-4Qatar University QUST-1-CMED-2018-14
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Autophagy is a homeostatic process that regulates and recycles intracellular structures and is a host defense mechanism that facilitates bacterial clearance. Uric acid in plasma is a major antioxidant but in certain conditions acts as an inflammatory danger signal. The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of soluble uric acid on autophagy and the inflammatory responses in macrophages during bacterial infection. Herein, we employed murine RAW264.7 macrophages that express uricase enzyme and human THP-1 cells that are uricase-deficient. Three different strains of

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autophagy fluxbacterial infectionhyperuricemiaIL-1βinflammasomeinflammationmacrophagesuric acid

Identifiers

PMID33322651
PMCPMC7763195
OpenAlexW3111678789

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