Parkinson's disease: a multisystem disorder

HN Costa, AR Esteves, N Empadinhas… - Neuroscience Bulletin, 2023 - Springer
The way sporadic Parkinson's disease (PD) is perceived has undergone drastic changes in
recent decades. For a long time, PD was considered a brain disease characterized by motor …

Glutathione homeostasis and functions: potential targets for medical interventions

VI Lushchak - Journal of amino acids, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Glutathione (GSH) is a tripeptide, which has many biological roles including protection
against reactive oxygen and nitrogen species. The primary goal of this paper is to …

Environmentally induced oxidative stress in aquatic animals

VI Lushchak - Aquatic toxicology, 2011 - Elsevier
Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are an unenviable part of aerobic life. Their steady-state
concentration is a balance between production and elimination providing certain steady …

Evaluation of microplastic toxicity in accordance with different sizes and exposure times in the marine copepod Tigriopus japonicus

JS Choi, SH Hong, JW Park - Marine environmental research, 2020 - Elsevier
The indiscriminate use of plastic has greatly increased microplastic contamination risk in the
marine environment. Microplastics can affect all marine life via the food web, from primary …

Molecular mechanisms of action of hesperidin in cancer: Recent trends and advancements

V Aggarwal, HS Tuli, F Thakral… - Experimental …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Hesperidin belongs to flavanones class of flavonoids and is known to possess broad-
spectrum applicability to prevent dreadful diseases such as cardiovascular disease …

Glial influence on the blood brain barrier

JI Alvarez, T Katayama, A Prat - Glia, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The Blood Brain Barrier (BBB) is a specialized vascular structure tightly regulating central
nervous system (CNS) homeostasis. Endothelial cells are the central component of the BBB …

[HTML][HTML] Identification and successful negotiation of a metabolic checkpoint in direct neuronal reprogramming

S Gascón, E Murenu, G Masserdotti, F Ortega… - Cell stem cell, 2016 - cell.com
Despite the widespread interest in direct neuronal reprogramming, the mechanisms
underpinning fate conversion remain largely unknown. Our study revealed a critical time …

Glutathione peroxidase-1 in health and disease: from molecular mechanisms to therapeutic opportunities

E Lubos, J Loscalzo, DE Handy - 2011 - liebertpub.com
Reactive oxygen species, such as superoxide and hydrogen peroxide, are generated in all
cells by mitochondrial and enzymatic sources. Left unchecked, these reactive species can …

The Nrf2/Keap1/ARE pathway and oxidative stress as a therapeutic target in type II diabetes mellitus

JA David, WJ Rifkin, PS Rabbani… - Journal of diabetes …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Despite improvements in awareness and treatment of type II diabetes mellitus (TIIDM), this
disease remains a major source of morbidity and mortality worldwide, and prevalence …

ROS-mediated lipid peroxidation and RES-activated signaling

EE Farmer, MJ Mueller - Annual review of plant biology, 2013 - annualreviews.org
Nonenzymatic lipid oxidation is usually viewed as deleterious. But if this is the case, then
why does it occur so frequently in cells? Here we review the mechanisms of membrane …