The role of free radicals in paraquat-induced corneal lesions.

abstract：:Anxiety disorders are the most common mental illness in the USA affecting 18% of the population. The cause(s) of anxiety disorders is/are not completely clear, and research in the neurobiology of anxiety at the molecular level is still rather limited. Although mounting clinical and preclinical evidence now indicates t...

journal_title：Free radical research

authors： Fedoce ADG,Ferreira F,Bota RG,Bonet-Costa V,Sun PY,Davies KJA

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Flavonoids are components of fruit and vegetables that may be beneficial in the prevention of disease such as cancer and cardiovascular diseases. Their beneficial effects will be dependent upon their uptake and disposition in tissues and cells. The metabolism and pharmacokinetics of flavonoids has been an area of acti...

journal_title：Free radical research

authors： Manach C,Donovan JL

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Testing of pregnant women reveals weakening of neutrophil-mediated effector functions, such as reactive oxygen species generation. This study provides data confirming the phenomenon, gained through application of the flow cytometry technique. Key factors influencing neutrophil functional activity in blood plasma of pr...

journal_title：Free radical research

authors： Varfolomeeva EY,Semenova EV,Sokolov AV,Aplin KD,Timofeeva KE,Vasilyev VB,Filatov MV

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are involved in the mechanism of photoaging and carcinogenesis. Skin is endowed with antioxidant enzymes including superoxide dismutases (SOD): cytosolic copper zinc SOD and mitochondrial manganese SOD. The aim of our study was to estimate the protective effect of manganese against oxidat...

journal_title：Free radical research

authors： Parat MO,Richard MJ,Leccia MT,Amblard P,Favier A,Beani JC

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of a range of dietary flavonoids to inhibit low-density lipoprotein (LDL) oxidation in vitro was tested using a number of different methods to assess oxidative damage to LDL. Overall quercetin was the most effective inhibitor of oxidative damage to LDL in vitro. On this basis, a diet enriched with onions a...

journal_title：Free radical research

authors： O'Reilly JD,Sanders TA,Wiseman H

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The imbalance between the reactive oxygen (ROS) and nitrogen (RNS) species production and their handling by the antioxidant machinery (low molecular weight antioxidant molecules and antioxidant enzymes), also known as oxidative stress, is a condition caused by physiological and pathological processes. Moreover, oxidat...

journal_title：Free radical research

authors： Gorini G,Gamberi T,Fiaschi T,Mannelli M,Modesti A,Magherini F

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuroblastoma (NB) is one of the most frequent extracranial solid tumors in children. It accounts for 8-10% of all childhood cancer deaths, and there is a need for development of new drugs for its treatment. Curcumin (diferuloylmethane), a major active component of turmeric (Curcuma longa), has been shown to exert ant...

journal_title：Free radical research

authors： Picone P,Nuzzo D,Caruana L,Messina E,Scafidi V,Di Carlo M

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The potential of free radical formation in serum of beta-thalassemia/Hb E patients receiving a single oral dose of 25 mg/kg body weight of deferiprone, a bidentate orally active iron chelator, was evaluated using EPR/spin trapping technique. In the presence of ascorbic acid and tert-butylhydroperoxide, EPR signals of ...

journal_title：Free radical research

authors： Jirasomprasert T,Morales NP,Limenta LM,Sirijaroonwong S,Yamanont P,Wilairat P,Fucharoen S,Chantharaksri U

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxidative stress is a major pathogenetic event occurring in several liver disorders and is a major cause of liver damage due to Ischemia/Reperfusion (I/R) during liver transplantation. While several markers of chronic oxidative stress are well known, early protein targets of oxidative injury are not well defined. In o...

journal_title：Free radical research

authors： Cesaratto L,Vascotto C,D'Ambrosio C,Scaloni A,Baccarani U,Paron I,Damante G,Calligaris S,Quadrifoglio F,Tiribelli C,Tell G

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exposure to asbestos fiber is central to mesothelial carcinogenesis. Recent sequencing studies on human and rodent malignant mesothelioma (MM) revealed frequently mutated genes, including CDKN2A, BAP1 and NF2. Crocidolite directly or indirectly catalyses the generation of hydroxyl radicals, which appears to be the maj...

journal_title：Free radical research

authors： Funahashi S,Okazaki Y,Akatsuka S,Takahashi T,Sakumi K,Nakabeppu Y,Toyokuni S

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Obesity enhances the frequency and severity of acute kidney injury (AKI). Telmisartan pre-treatment was used experimentally in the amelioration of ischemia/reperfusion (IR)-induced AKI. However, there is a lack of evidence regarding its beneficial effects on AKI in obese animals. The present study, therefore, aimed to...

journal_title：Free radical research

authors： Ali SI,Alhusseini NF,Atteia HH,Idris RA,Hasan RA

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lectin-like oxidized low-density lipoprotein (LOX-1) has been identified in endothelial cells as the main receptor of oxidized low-density lipoprotein (OxLDL). LOX-1 is upregulated in the presence of pathological conditions including atherosclerosis, hypertension, and diabetes because it acts as a mediator of "endothe...

journal_title：Free radical research

authors： Lubrano V,Balzan S

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Generation of toxic oxygen metabolites followed by oxidant- and inflammatory-mediated tissue injury plays a crucial role in the pathogenesis of ischemia and reperfusion (IR). Ubiquinol, the reduced form of coenzyme Q10, is recognized for its potent antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties in biological membranes. ...

journal_title：Free radical research

authors： Peerapanyasut W,Thamprasert K,Wongmekiat O

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:India, resembling other developing nations, is confronting a hastening demographic switch to non-communicable diseases. Inborn errors of metabolism (IEM) constitute a varied heterogeneous group of disorders with variable clinical appearance, primarily in the pediatric populace. Congenital deformities and genetic disor...

journal_title：Free radical research

authors： Ray SK,Mukherjee S

更新日期：2021-01-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Epidemiology studies have shown that consumption of fruits and vegetables is associated with the prevention of chronic diseases such as cancer and cardiovascular disease. Induction of cellular phase II detoxifying enzymes is associated with cancer preventive potential. Phenolsulfotransferases (PSTs) are traditionally ...

journal_title：Free radical research

authors： Yeh CT,Yen GC

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated whether oxidant status and antioxidant enzyme activities during ageing of mouse brain are regulated in sex-dependent manner. In the homogenate from the brain of 1, 4, 10 and 18 months old male and female CBA mice, lipid peroxidation (LPO), total superoxide dismutase (tSOD), catalase (CAT) and glutathio...

journal_title：Free radical research

authors： Sobocanec S,Balog T,Sverko V,Marotti T

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the early postimplantation period, rodent embryos survive in a relatively anaerobic environment in utero and are vulnerable to a high oxygen pressure. They become resistant to oxygen stress when they are exposed to a higher oxygen pressure after the uteroplacental circulation is established. However, it is unkn...

journal_title：Free radical research

authors： Kobayashi-Miura M,Nakamura H,Yodoi J,Shiota K

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxidative stress may initiate lipid peroxidation that generates ethane. Ethane, at low concentrations, is eliminated by pulmonary exhalation. Previous methods have not allowed frequent sampling, thus ethane kinetics has not been studied in man. A validated method over the range 3.8-100,000 ppb with a limit of quantita...

journal_title：Free radical research

authors： Dale O,Bergum H,Lund T,Nilsen T,Aadahl P,Stenseth R

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:S-Nitrosation plays an important role in regulation of protein function and signal transduction. Discovering S-nitrosated targets is a prerequisite for further functional study. However, current proteomic methods used to quantify S-nitrosation are limited in their applicability to certain types of samples, or by the n...

journal_title：Free radical research

authors： Zhang X,Huang B,Chen C

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The markers 3-nitrotyrosine and 3-chlorotyrosine are measured as surrogates for reactive nitrogen species and hypochlorous acid respectively, which are both elevated in inflamed human tissues. Previous studies reported a loss of 3-nitrotyrosine when exposed to hypochlorous acid, suggesting that observations of 3-nitro...

journal_title：Free radical research

authors： Curtis MP,Neidigh JW

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In human organism, the gaseous radical molecule nitric oxide (NO) is produced in various cells from L-arginine by the catalytic action of NO synthases (NOS). The metabolic fate of NO includes oxidation to nitrate by oxyhaemoglobin in red blood cells and autoxidation in haemoglobin-free media to nitrite. Nitrate and ni...

journal_title：Free radical research

authors： Tsikas D

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have investigated the toxicity to human monocytemacrophages, and susceptibility to oxidation, of different individual dietary fatty acids in cholesterol esters and triglycerides, added to the cell cultures as coacervates with bovine serum albumin. Toxicity was assessed using release of radioactivity from cells prel...

journal_title：Free radical research

authors： Hardwick SJ,Carpenter KL,Law NS,Van Der Veen C,Marchant CE,Hird R,Mitchinson MJ

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:γ-Tocopherol (γ-T) scavenges reactive nitrogen species (RNS) to form 5-NO2-γ-T (NGT). However, α-T supplementation decreases circulating γ-T, which could limit its RNS scavenging activities. We hypothesized that α-T supplementation would mitigate NGT accumulation by impairing γ-T status. Healthy smokers (21 ± 1 y, n =...

journal_title：Free radical research

authors： Pei R,Mah E,Leonard SW,Traber MG,Bruno RS

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxidation of low density lipoprotein (LDL) has been implicated in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis. The most common technique for measuring the oxidation of lipoproteins is the continuous measurement of the formation of conjugated diene at OD 234 nm. The concept of "lag time", derived from such measurements, has be...

journal_title：Free radical research

authors： Parthasarathy S,Augé N,Santanam N

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increased reactive oxygen species (ROS) and lipid peroxidation may be implicated in the pathogenesis of preeclampsia by causing cell (membrane) damage and impaired endothelial function. Carbonyl derivatives of proteins, or protein carbonyls, may be sensitive biomarkers of ROS-mediated damage. The aim of the study was ...

journal_title：Free radical research

authors： Zusterzeel PL,Mulder TP,Peters WH,Wiseman SA,Steegers EA

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A study of peroxyl radical-mediated bovine serum albumin oxidation in the presence of the quinolinic aminoxyl 1,2-dihydro-2,2-diphenyl-4-ethoxy-quinoline-1-oxyl (QAO) was carried out in order to test its efficiency as a protein antioxidant. Albumin oxidation was induced by the tert-butylhydroperoxide/PbO2 system. The ...

journal_title：Free radical research

authors： Tanfani F,Carloni P,Damiani E,Greci L,Wozniak M,Kulawiak D,Jankowski K,Kaczor J,Matuszkiewics A

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:C-phycocyanins, major biliproteins of blue green algae (cyanobacteria), widely used as colourants in food and cosmetics are known for their antioxidant as well as therapeutic potential. Recent claims indicating phycobiliproteins exert stronger photodynamic action on tumor cells than clinically approved hematoporphyrin...

journal_title：Free radical research

authors： Paul BT,Patel A,Selvam GS,Mishra S,Ghosh PK,Murugesan R

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Aspiration pneumonia is infection of the respiratory tract resulting from accumulation of sputum in the larynx. N-acetyl-L-cysteine (NAC) might regulate mucin (MUC) expression and activate inherent anti-infective system in bronchiolar epithelial cells after cellular uptake, and therefore, serve as the preventat...

journal_title：Free radical research

authors： Koizumi C,Yamada M,Ishizaki K,Ueda T,Sakurai K

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the last decades, oxidative stress has been described as a deleterious phenomenon contributing to numerous noncommunicable diseases such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and cancers. As many authors ascribed the healthy effect of fruit and vegetable consumption mainly to their antioxidant contents, it has bee...

journal_title：Free radical research

authors： Courraud J,Charnay C,Cristol JP,Berger J,Avallone S

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cellular exposure to ionising radiation leads to oxidative stress events, which refer to elevated intracellular levels of reactive oxygen species (ROS). The elevated levels of ROS significantly contributed to γ-radiation (IR) induced cytotoxicity. In an attempt to minimise these cytotoxic effects, antioxidant compound...

journal_title：Free radical research

authors： Abozaid OAR,Moawed FSM,Farrag MA,Abdel Aziz AAA

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00