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Antioxidant proteins and reactive oxygen species are decreased in a murine epidermal side population with stem cell-like characteristics
Reactive oxygen species (ROS) and antioxidants are essential to maintain a redox balance within tissues and cells. Intracellular ROS regulate key cellular functions such as proliferation, differentiation and a...
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Effect of expression of manganese superoxide dismutase in baculovirus-infected insect cells
It has previously been demonstrated that baculovirus infection of the Spodoptera frugiperda Sf-9 (Sf-9) and Trichoplusia ni BTI-Tn-5B1-4 (Tn-5B1-4) insect cell lines leads to oxidative stress as measured by prote...
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Eicosapentaenoic Acid Alters Manganese Superoxide Dismutase Immunoreactive Protein Levels in Normal But not Maligant Central Nervous System Derived Cells
The dose of radiation that safely can be administered to patients with malignant gliomas is limited by the potential for severe CNS morbidity. Manipulations that might increase the radiation sensitivity of gli...
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Overexpression of Glia Maturation Factor in C6 Cells Promotes Differentiation and Activates Superoxide Dismutase
In order to evaluate the intracellular function of glia maturation factor (GMF), we overexpressed GMF in C6 rat glioma cells using two methods: stable transfection using the pcDNA3 plasmid, and transient trans...
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Role of antioxidant enzymes in cell immortalization and transformation
The role of antioxidant enzymes, particularly superoxide dismutase (SOD), in immortalization and malignant transformation is discussed. SOD (generally MnSOD) has been found to be lowered in a wide variety of t...
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Pharmacologic activities of copper compounds in chronic diseases
Copper complexes have been shown to be effective antiinflammatory, antiulcer, anticonvulsant, anticancer, and antidiabetic agents. This seemingly diverse variety of pharmacologic effects is unified by the hypo...
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Antitumor SOD Compounds
Many studies have been recently performed on the activity of the enzyme superoxide dismutase (SOD) in tumor cells. This enzyme catalyzes the reaction ...