Molecular mechanisms of N-acetylcysteine actions

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 6-20

  Zafarullah, M ^a   Li, W Q ^a   Sylvester, J ^a   Ahmad, M ^b  

^a NOTRE DAME HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Cell survival; Free radicals; N acetylcysteine; Oxidative stress; Signal transduction

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; CADMIUM; CISPLATIN; CYTOKINE; DEXAMETHASONE; GROWTH FACTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PARACETAMOL; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; TISSUE INHIBITOR OF METALLOPROTEINASE 3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 1;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTHRITIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CELL PROTECTION; CELL SURVIVAL; CHONDROPATHY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DNA MODIFICATION; DRUG DETOXIFICATION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG OVERDOSE; ENDOTHELIUM INJURY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER INJURY; LIVER TOXICITY; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOGENESIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; VASODILATATION;

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; APOPTOSIS; CELL SURVIVAL; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; HUMANS; JNK MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; LIVER; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; NF-KAPPA B; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; P38 MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0037278466     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000180300001     Document Type: Review

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