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Inhibiting Glutathione Metabolism in Lung Lining Fluid as a Strategy to Augment Antioxidant Defense

Glutathione is abundant in the lining fluid that bathes the gas exchange surface of the lung. On the one hand glutathione in this extracellular pool functions in antioxidant defense to protect cells and proteins in the alveolar space from oxidant injury; on the other hand, it functions as a source o...

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Autores principales: Joyce-Brady, Martin, Hiratake, Jun
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Bentham Science Publishers 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3319921/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22485086
http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/157340811796575308