Subcellular compartmentation of ascorbate and its variation in disease states

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Molecular Cell Research

Volumn 1843, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1909-1916

  Bánhegyi, Gábor ^a   Benedetti, Angelo ^b   Margittai, Éva ^a   Marcolongo, Paola ^b   Fulceri, Rosella ^b   Németh, Csilla E ^a   Szarka, András ^c,d  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^d BUDAPEST UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Arterial tortuosity syndrome; Ascorbate; Compartmentation; Dehydroascorbic acid; GLUT; Scurvy

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 1; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 2; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 3; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 4;

CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL NUCLEUS; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION STATE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCURVY;

ARTERIAL TORTUOSITY SYNDROME; ASCORBATE; COMPARTMENTATION; DEHYDROASCORBIC ACID; GLUT; SCURVY;

ANIMALS; ASCORBIC ACID; CELL COMPARTMENTATION; DISEASE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ORGANELLES;

EID: 84902438474     PISSN: 01674889     EISSN: 18792596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2014.05.016     Document Type: Review

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