Role of Transcription Factor Nrf2 in the Induction of Hepatic Phase 2 and Antioxidative Enzymes in vivo by the Cancer Chemoprotective Agent, 3H-1, 2-Dithiole-3-thione

Molecular Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 135-145

  Kwak, Mi Kyoung ^a   Itoh, Ken ^b   Yamamoto, Masayuki ^b   Sutter, Thomas R ^a,c   Kensler, Thomas W ^a,d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,2 DITHIOL 3 THIONE; 1,2-DITHIOL-3-THIONE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; MESSENGER RNA; NFE2L2 PROTEIN, MOUSE; NFE2L2 PROTEIN, RAT; OXYGEN; RNA; THIOKETONE; THIOPHENE DERIVATIVE; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NRF2;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH MOUSE; LIVER; METABOLISM; MOUSE; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TIME; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANTICARCINOGENIC AGENTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GENOTYPE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LIVER; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; NF-E2-RELATED FACTOR 2; OXYGEN; RATS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; RNA, MESSENGER; THIONES; THIOPHENES; TIME FACTORS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0035260034     PISSN: 10761551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03401947     Document Type: Article

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