The cystathionine γ -lyase/hydrogen sulfide system maintains cellular glutathione status

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 460, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 425-435

  Lee, Zheng Wei ^a   Low, Yi Lian ^a   Huang, Shufen ^a   Wang, Tianxiao ^b   Deng, Lih Wen ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b HENAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Antioxidative; Cystathionine lyase; Glutathione; Hydrogen sulfide; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

CYSTATHIONINE GAMMA LYASE; GLUTATHIONE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ANTIOXIDANT ASSAY; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; MUTANT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ALKYNES; ANTIOXIDANTS; CELL SURVIVAL; CYSTATHIONINE GAMMA-LYASE; GENE SILENCING; GLUTATHIONE; GLYCINE; HEK293 CELLS; HEP G2 CELLS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 84901705670     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: 14708728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20131434     Document Type: Article

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