Microglial cells in culture express a prominent glutathione system for the defense against reactive oxygen species

Developmental Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue 5-6, 2000, Pages 384-392

  Hirrlinger, Johannes ^a   Gutterer, Jan Mirko ^a   Kussmaul, Lothar ^a   Hamprecht, Bernd ^a   Dringen, Ralf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Astrocytes; Catalase; Glutathione; Hydrogen peroxide; Microglia; Neurons; Oxidative stress; Radicals; Superoxide

Indexed keywords

CATALASE; CELL MARKER; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; HYPOXANTHINE; PEROXIDE; PHORBOL ESTER; PROTEIN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SUPEROXIDE; XANTHINE OXIDASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL CULTURE; CELL PROTECTION; CELL STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GLUTATHIONE METABOLISM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACROGLIA; MICROGLIA; NERVE CELL; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION; ASTROCYTES; CATALASE; CELLS, CULTURED; FLUORESCENT DYES; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE DISULFIDE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYPOXANTHINE; MICROGLIA; NEURONS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHORBOL ESTERS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SUPEROXIDES; XANTHINE OXIDASE;

EID: 0033668131     PISSN: 03785866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000017464     Document Type: Article

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