Glutathione Metabolism and Its Implications for Health

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 134, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 489-492

  Wu, Guoyao ^a   Fang, Yun Zhong ^b   Yang, Sheng ^c   Lupton, Joanne R ^a   Turner, Nancy D ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BEIJING INSTITUTE OF RADIATION MEDICINE   (China)

^c CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Cysteine; Disease; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

2 OXO 4 THIAZOLIDINECARBOXYLIC ACID; ACETYLCYSTEINE; CYSTEINE; CYSTINE; DNA; GLUTAMATE CYSTEINE LIGASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE DISULFIDE; GLUTATHIONE SYNTHASE; GLYCINE; METHIONINE; PROTEIN;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; CANCER; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CELL FUNCTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DNA SYNTHESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GLUTATHIONE METABOLISM; HEART INFARCTION; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; KWASHIORKOR; METABOLISM; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOGENESIS; PROTEIN INTAKE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STROKE;

ANIMALIA; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 1542376929     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/134.3.489     Document Type: Review

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