Glutathione metabolism and Parkinson's disease

M Smeyne, RJ Smeyne - Free Radical Biology and Medicine, 2013 - Elsevier
It has been established that oxidative stress, defined as the condition in which the sum of
free radicals in a cell exceeds the antioxidant capacity of the cell, contributes to the …

Glutathione transferases, regulators of cellular metabolism and physiology

PG Board, D Menon - Biochimica et biophysica acta (bba)-general subjects, 2013 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: The cytosolic glutathione transferases (GSTs) comprise a super family of
proteins that can be categorized into multiple classes with a mixture of highly specific and …

Oxidative Stress and β-Amyloid Protein in Alzheimer's Disease

Z Cai, B Zhao, A Ratka - Neuromolecular medicine, 2011 - Springer
Oxidative stress has been proposed to be an important factor in the pathogenesis of
Alzheimer's disease (AD) and contributed to β-amyloid (A β) generation. Interaction between …

Genetics of Alzheimer's disease: a centennial review

N Ertekin-Taner - Neurologic clinics, 2007 - Elsevier
Alzheimer's disease (AD) genetics may be one of the most prolifically published areas in
medicine and biology. Three early-onset AD genes with causative mutations (APP, PSEN1 …

The mercapturic acid pathway

PE Hanna, MW Anders - Critical reviews in toxicology, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
The mercapturic acid pathway is a major route for the biotransformation of xenobiotic and
endobiotic electrophilic compounds and their metabolites. Mercapturic acids (N-acetyl-l …

Mitochondrial dysfunction, oxidative stress and neurodegeneration

M Mancuso, F Coppede, L Migliore… - Journal of …, 2006 - content.iospress.com
Mitochondria play a critical role in several metabolic processes and apoptotic pathways,
regulating life cycle from the cradle to the grave. Despite the evidence of morphological …

GDF11 slows excitatory neuronal senescence and brain ageing by repressing p21

DX Wang, ZJ Dong, SX Deng, YM Tian, YJ Xiao… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
As a major neuron type in the brain, the excitatory neuron (EN) regulates the lifespan in C.
elegans. How the EN acquires senescence, however, is unknown. Here, we show that …

A role for glutathione transferase Omega 1 (GSTO1-1) in the glutathionylation cycle

D Menon, PG Board - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2013 - ASBMB
The glutathionylation of intracellular protein thiols can protect against irreversible oxidation
and can act as a redox switch regulating metabolic pathways. In this study we discovered …

Interleukin‐1β: a bridge between inflammation and excitotoxicity?

B Fogal, SJ Hewett - Journal of neurochemistry, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Interleukin‐1 (IL‐1) is a proinflammatory cytokine released by many cell types that
acts in both an autocrine and/or paracrine fashion. While IL‐1 is best described as an …

Genetics of Alzheimer's disease. A rapidly evolving field

A Serretti, P Olgiati… - Journal of Alzheimer's …, 2007 - content.iospress.com
Genetic factors have a variable impact on Alzheimer's Disease (AD), ranging from familial
forms that are transmitted in an autosomal dominant fashion to sporadic AD, where a …