Antioxidant enzymes and related mechanisms in malignant pleural mesothelioma
Year: 2001
Type: dissertation
Abstract: 6 LIST OF ORIGINAL PUBLICATIONS 8 ABBREVIATIONS 9 INTRODUCTION 11 REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE 13 MALIGNANT PLEURAL MESOTHELIOMA 13 History 13 Epidemiology 13 Etiology 13 Pathogenesis and pathology 15 Clinical features and diagnosis 16 Treatment and prognosis 17 LUNG CANCER 18 REACTIVE OXYGEN AND NITROGEN SPECIES 19 ANTIOXIDANTS 20 Superoxide dismutases 21 Glutathione 23 Enzymes in the glutathione redox cycle: Glutathione peroxidase (GPx) and glutathione reductase (GR) 24 Enzymes in glutathione biosynthesis 25 Glutathione S-transferases (GSTs) 27 Catalase 27 OTHER PROTEINS WITH ANTIOXIDANT CAPACITY 27 ATP-DEPENDENT MULTIDRUG TRANSPORTERS 28 P-glycoprotein 28 MRP family 29 OTHER MECHANISMS OF CYTOTOXIC DRUG RESISTANCE 31 AIMS OF THE STUDY 33
Source: Työväentutkimus Vuosikirja
Author: Kristiina Järvinen
Language: English
Subfield: Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2170754909