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N-Acetylcysteine prevents congenital heart defects induced by pregestational diabetes

BACKGROUND: Pregestational diabetes is a major risk factor of congenital heart defects (CHDs). Glutathione is depleted and reactive oxygen species (ROS) production is elevated in diabetes. In the present study, we aimed to examine whether treatment with N-acetylcysteine (NAC), which increases glutat...

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Autores principales: Moazzen, Hoda, Lu, Xiangru, Ma, Noelle L, Velenosi, Thomas J, Urquhart, Brad L, Wisse, Lambertus J, Gittenberger-de Groot, Adriana C, Feng, Qingping
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3942143/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24533448
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2840-13-46