Cellular glutathione peroxidase is the mediator of body selenium to protect against paraquat lethality in transgenic mice

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 128, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1070-1076

  Cheng, Wen Hsing ^a   Ho, Ye Shih ^b   Valentine, Beth A ^a   Ross, Deborah A ^a   Combs Jr , Gerald F ^a   Lei, Xin Gen ^a  

^a Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antioxidation; Glutathione peroxidase; Paraquat; Selenium; Transgenic mice

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; CELL ENZYME; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; PARAQUAT; PROSTANOID; SELENIUM; SELENOPROTEIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SODIUM SELENITE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; KIDNEY INJURY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LETHALITY; LIVER INJURY; LUNG INJURY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SURVIVAL TIME; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0031870668     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/128.7.1070     Document Type: Article

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