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Front Physiol
2015[]; 6
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High mobility group box 1 (HMGB1) is a widely-expressed and highly-abundant
protein that acts as an extracellular signal upon active secretion by immune
cells or passive release by dead, dying, and injured cells. Both intracellular
and extracellular HMGB1 play pivotal roles in regulation of the cellular response
to stress. Targeting the translocation, release, and activity of HMGB1 can limit
inflammation and reduce tissue damage during infection and sterile inflammation.
Although the mechanisms contributing to HMGB1 biology are still under
investigation, it appears that oxidative stress is a central regulator of HMGB1's
translocation, release, and activity in inflammation and cell death (e.g.,
necrosis, apoptosis, autophagic cell death, pyroptosis, and NETosis). Thus,
targeting HMGB1 with antioxidant compounds may be an attractive therapeutic
strategy for inflammation-associated diseases such as sepsis, ischemia and
reperfusion injury, arthritis, diabetes, and cancer.