Methotrexate: Pentose cycle and oxidative stress

Cell Biochemistry and Function

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 283-293

  Babiak, Regina Maria V ^a   Campello, Annibal P ^a   Carnieri, Eva G S ^a   Oliveira, Ma Benigna M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

glutamylcysteine synthetase; Antineoplastic drug; Catalase; Glutathione reductase; HeLa cells; Leucovorin; Methotrexate; Pentose cycle; Superoxide dismutase

Indexed keywords

FOLINIC ACID; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLUTAMATE CYSTEINE LIGASE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; METHOTREXATE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HELA CELL; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PENTOSE PHOSPHATE CYCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINOACYLTRANSFERASES; ANTIOXIDANTS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FOLIC ACID ANTAGONISTS; GLUCOSEPHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLUTAMINE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; LEUCOVORIN; METHOTREXATE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PENTOSE PHOSPHATE PATHWAY; PEROXIDASES; PHOSPHOGLUCONATE DEHYDROGENASE; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TRANSKETOLASE;

EID: 0031757438     PISSN: 02636484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0844(1998120)16:4<283::AID-CBF801>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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