Regulation of redox glutathione levels and gene transcription in lung inflammation: Therapeutic approaches

Free Radical Biology and Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1405-1420

  Rahman, Irfan ^a   MacNee, William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; AP 1; Cytokines; Free radicals; GSH; Inflammation; Lung; NF B; Oxidants

Indexed keywords

DNA; GLUTATHIONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; CELL METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0034190372     PISSN: 08915849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0891-5849(00)00215-X     Document Type: Article

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