Chronic inflammation alters production and release of glutathione and related thiols in human U373 astroglial cells

Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 19-30

  Steele, Megan L ^a,b   Fuller, Stacey ^a   MacZurek, Annette E ^a   Kersaitis, Cindy ^a   Ooi, Lezanne ^a   Münch, Gerald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Astrocyte; Cysteinylglycine; Glutathione; Homocysteine; Inflammation

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINYLGLYCINE; GLUTATHIONE; HOMOCYSTEINE; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; THIOL; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL VIABILITY; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MARKER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

ASTROCYTES; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL SURVIVAL; CHRONIC DISEASE; GLUTATHIONE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; INTERLEUKIN-1BETA; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 84871793525     PISSN: 02724340     EISSN: 15736830     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10571-012-9867-6     Document Type: Article

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