Iron, oxidative damage and ferroptosis in rhabdomyosarcoma

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2017, Pages

  Fanzani, Alessandro ^a   Poli, Maura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ferroptosis; Iron; Oxidative damage; Rhabdomyosarcoma

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE; IRON; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PHOSPHOLIPID HYDROPEROXIDE GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; TUMOR MARKER;

APOPTOSIS; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL DEATH; DETOXIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FERROPTOSIS; HUMAN; IRON METABOLISM; LIPID PEROXIDATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETROVIRIDAE; REVIEW; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; TUMOR CELL; TUMOR GROWTH; ANIMAL; CELL TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NEOPLASM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PATHOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BIOMARKERS, TUMOR; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; IRON; LIPID PEROXIDATION; NEOPLASMS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 85027053896     PISSN: 16616596     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms18081718     Document Type: Review

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