Redox status expressed as GSH:GSSG ratio as a marker for oxidative stress in paediatric tumour patients

Oncology Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1247-1253

  Zitka, Ondrej ^a,b   Skalickova, Sylvie ^a   Gumulec, Jaromir ^a,c   Masarik, Michal ^a,b,c   Adam, Vojtech ^a,b   Hubalek, Jaromir ^a,b   Trnkova, Libuse ^a,b,c   Kruseova, Jarmila ^d   Eckschlager, Tomas ^d   Kizek, Rene ^a,b  

^a MENDEL UNIVERSITY IN BRNO   (Czech Republic)

^b BRNO UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^c MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MOTOL   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Glutathione; High performance liquid chromatography with electrochemical detection; Oxidative stress; Paediatric tumour patients

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE DISULFIDE;

ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPENDYMOMA; EWING SARCOMA; GENITAL TRACT TUMOR; GERM CELL TUMOR; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; NEPHROBLASTOMA; NEUROBLASTOMA; OSTEOSARCOMA; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETINOBLASTOMA; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA;

EID: 84867252538     PISSN: 17921074     EISSN: 17921082     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/ol.2012.931     Document Type: Article

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