Cigarette smoke irreversibly modifies glutathione in airway epithelial cells.
van der Toorn M, Smit-de Vries MP, Slebos DJ, de Bruin HG, Abello N, van Oosterhout AJ, Bischoff R, Kauffman HF.
van der Toorn M, et al.
Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2007 Nov;293(5):L1156-62. doi: 10.1152/ajplung.00081.2007. Epub 2007 Aug 24.
Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2007.
PMID: 17720877
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Cigarette smoke (CS) is known to deplete total glutathione (GSH + GSSG) in the airways. ...Our data show that CS does not oxidize GSH to GSSG but, rather, reacts to nonreducible glutathione-aldehyde derivatives, thereby depletin …
Cigarette smoke (CS) is known to deplete total glutathione (GSH + GSSG) in the airways. ...Our data show …