2 results for “Reaction Department”
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Medical study · Medical research · 1997
Efflux of reduced glutathione after exposure of human lung epithelial cells to crocidolite asbestos
…in the same level of intracellular GSH depletion and efflux and the same decrease in gamma-GCS activity as treatment with unmodified crocidolite, which suggests that iron-catalyzed reactions were not responsible for the GSH depletion.
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Medical study · Medical research · 2000
Role of Iron in the Cellular Effects of Asbestos
…investigations. Asbestos catalyzes many of the same reactions that iron does, including lipid peroxidation and DNA damage. At physiological pH, mobilization of iron from the fibers by a low-molecular-weight chelator greatly enhances these reactions…