Skin cells and tissue are capable of using l-ergothioneine as an integral component of their antioxidant defense system

Free Radical Biology and Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1168-1176

  Markova, Nelli G ^a   Karaman Jurukovska, Nevena ^a   Dong, Kelly K ^a   Damaghi, Niusha ^a   Smiles, Kenneth A ^a   Yarosh, Daniel B ^a  

^a AGI Dermatics   (United States)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Apoptosis; Dermal fibroblasts; Epidermal keratinocytes; Free radicals; l Ergothioneine; Lipid peroxidation; OCTN1; Reactive oxygen species; Skin; Solar simulating UV

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; AMINO ACID RECEPTOR; AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER; CARRIER PROTEIN; DNA; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; PROTEIN OCTN1; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; THIONEINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DNA REPAIR; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KERATINOCYTE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SKIN CELL; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION;

ANTIOXIDANTS; APOPTOSIS; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOPROTECTION; ERGOTHIONEINE; FIBROBLASTS; FORESKIN; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; KERATINOCYTES; MALE; ORGANIC CATION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RADIATION INJURIES;

EID: 63049092997     PISSN: 08915849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2009.01.021     Document Type: Article

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