Inflammation and the Regulation of Glutathione Level in Lung Epithelial Cells

Antioxidants and Redox Signaling

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 425-447

  Rahman, Irfan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; AUTACOID; GLUTAMATE CYSTEINE LIGASE; GLUTATHIONE; OXIDIZING AGENT; THIOL DERIVATIVE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CYTOLOGY; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENETICS; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LUNG; METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GLUTAMATE-CYSTEINE LIGASE; GLUTATHIONE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; LUNG; OXIDANTS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0033302009     PISSN: 15230864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ars.1999.1.4-425     Document Type: Review

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