Elevation of glutathione levels by ammonium ions in primary cultures of rat astrocytes

Neurochemistry International

Volumn 37, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 255-268

  Murthy, Ch R K ^a,b   Bender, Alex S ^a   Dombro, Roy S ^a   Bai, Ge ^a   Norenberg, Michael D ^a  

^a Biochem Molec Biol Univ M   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HYDERABAD   (India)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Astrocytes; Free radicals; Glutathione; Hepatic encephalopathy

Indexed keywords

ACIVICIN; AMMONIA; BUTHIONINE SULFOXIMINE; GLUTATHIONE DISULFIDE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN METABOLISM; CELL TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HYPERAMMONEMIA; MACROGLIA; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMMONIA; AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ASTROCYTES; BUTHIONINE SULFOXIMINE; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; ENZYME INHIBITORS; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCOSEPHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; ISOXAZOLES; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; METHIONINE SULFOXIMINE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; RATS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0034257048     PISSN: 01970186     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0197-0186(00)00028-0     Document Type: Article

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