Mitochondrial ROS in cancer: initiators, amplifiers or an Achilles' heel?

SS Sabharwal, PT Schumacker - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2014 - nature.com
Mitochondria cooperate with their host cells by contributing to bioenergetics, metabolism,
biosynthesis, and cell death or survival functions. Reactive oxygen species (ROS) generated …

[HTML][HTML] Role of metabolic H2O2 generation: redox signaling and oxidative stress

H Sies - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2014 - ASBMB
Hydrogen peroxide, the nonradical 2-electron reduction product of oxygen, is a normal
aerobic metabolite occurring at about 10 nm intracellular concentration. In liver, it is …

Biological and physiological role of reactive oxygen species–the good, the bad and the ugly

L Zuo, T Zhou, BK Pannell, AC Ziegler… - Acta …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are chemically reactive molecules that are naturally
produced within biological systems. Research has focused extensively on revealing the …

Signal transduction by reactive oxygen species

T Finkel - Journal of Cell Biology, 2011 - rupress.org
Although historically viewed as purely harmful, recent evidence suggests that reactive
oxygen species (ROS) function as important physiological regulators of intracellular …

Thioredoxins, glutaredoxins, and peroxiredoxins—molecular mechanisms and health significance: from cofactors to antioxidants to redox signaling

EM Hanschmann, JR Godoy, C Berndt… - Antioxidants & redox …, 2013 - liebertpub.com
Abstract Thioredoxins (Trxs), glutaredoxins (Grxs), and peroxiredoxins (Prxs) have been
characterized as electron donors, guards of the intracellular redox state, and “antioxidants” …

Chromium toxicity and tolerance in plants

HP Singh, P Mahajan, S Kaur, DR Batish… - Environmental Chemistry …, 2013 - Springer
Chromium (Cr) is the second most common metal contaminant in ground water, soil, and
sediments due to its wide industrial application, hence posing a serious environmental …

Exercise-induced oxidative stress: cellular mechanisms and impact on muscle force production

SK Powers, MJ Jackson - Physiological reviews, 2008 - journals.physiology.org
The first suggestion that physical exercise results in free radical-mediated damage to tissues
appeared in 1978, and the past three decades have resulted in a large growth of knowledge …

[HTML][HTML] Overview on peroxiredoxin

SG Rhee - Molecules and cells, 2016 - Elsevier
Peroxiredoxins (Prxs) are a very large and highly conserved family of peroxidases that
reduce peroxides, with a conserved cysteine residue, designated the “peroxidatic” Cys (CP) …

Reactive oxygen species, antioxidants, and the mammalian thioredoxin system

J Nordberg, ESJ Arnér - Free radical biology and medicine, 2001 - Elsevier
Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are known mediators of intracellular signaling cascades.
Excessive production of ROS may, however, lead to oxidative stress, loss of cell function …

[HTML][HTML] Peroxiredoxin functions as a peroxidase and a regulator and sensor of local peroxides

SG Rhee, HA Woo, IS Kil, SH Bae - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2012 - ASBMB
Peroxiredoxins (Prxs) contain an active site cysteine that is sensitive to oxidation by H 2 O 2.
Mammalian cells express six Prx isoforms that are localized to various cellular …