Glutathione-Dependent Detoxification Processes in Astrocytes

Neurochemical Research

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 2570-2582

  Dringen, Ralf ^a   Brandmann, Maria ^a   Hohnholt, Michaela C ^b   Blumrich, Eva Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Brain cells; Conjugation; GSH; Oxidative stress; Peroxidases; S transferases

Indexed keywords

EXCITATORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER 1; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER 2; FORMALDEHYDE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUTAMATE CYSTEINE LIGASE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE DISULFIDE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYDROXYACYLGLUTATHIONE HYDROLASE; KELCH LIKE ECH ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 1; LACTOYLGLUTATHIONE LYASE; METHYLGLYOXAL; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 1; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE PROTEIN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NRF2; XENOBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIOXIDANT RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; ASTROCYTE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; DETOXIFICATION; GLUTATHIONE METABOLISM; HUMAN; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MICROGLIA; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; OXIDATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PENTOSE PHOSPHATE CYCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; GLUTATHIONE; HUMANS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; XENOBIOTICS;

EID: 84939604628     PISSN: 03643190     EISSN: 15736903     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11064-014-1481-1     Document Type: Review

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