Nrf2 in toxicology and pharmacology: The good, the bad and the ugly?

Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology

Volumn 244, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-3

  Pi, Jingbo ^a   Freeman, Michael L ^b   Yamamoto, Masayuki ^c  

^a HAMNER INSTITUTES FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT INGRAM CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NRF2;

CANCER PREVENTION; DETOXIFICATION; EDITORIAL; GENETIC REGULATION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN TARGETING; REGULATORY MECHANISM; TOXICOKINETICS;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CYTOPROTECTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; NF-E2-RELATED FACTOR 2; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 77949269486     PISSN: 0041008X     EISSN: 10960333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.taap.2010.01.005     Document Type: Editorial

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