Role of glutathione in cancer: from mechanisms to therapies

L Kennedy, JK Sandhu, ME Harper, M Cuperlovic-Culf - Biomolecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Glutathione (GSH) is the most abundant non-protein thiol present at millimolar
concentrations in mammalian tissues. As an important intracellular antioxidant, it acts as a …

Ferroptosis and its potential role in the physiopathology of Parkinson's Disease

L Mahoney-Sánchez, H Bouchaoui, S Ayton… - Progress in …, 2021 - Elsevier
Parkinson's Disease (PD) is a common and progressive neurodegenerative disorder
characterised by motor impairments as well as non-motor symptoms. While dopamine …

Glutathione metabolism in plants under stress: beyond reactive oxygen species detoxification

S Dorion, JC Ouellet, J Rivoal - Metabolites, 2021 - mdpi.com
Glutathione is an essential metabolite for plant life best known for its role in the control of
reactive oxygen species (ROS). Glutathione is also involved in the detoxification of …

Mitochondrial management of reactive oxygen species

G Napolitano, G Fasciolo, P Venditti - Antioxidants, 2021 - mdpi.com
Mitochondria in aerobic eukaryotic cells are both the site of energy production and the
formation of harmful species, such as radicals and other reactive oxygen species, known as …

Cadmium-induced oxidative stress: focus on the central nervous system

JJV Branca, C Fiorillo, D Carrino, F Paternostro… - Antioxidants, 2020 - mdpi.com
Cadmium (Cd), a category I human carcinogen, is a well-known widespread environmental
pollutant. Chronic Cd exposure affects different organs and tissues, such as the central …

Ferroptosis in Parkinson's disease: Molecular mechanisms and therapeutic potential

X Ding, L Gao, Z Han, S Eleuteri, W Shi, Y Shen… - Ageing research …, 2023 - Elsevier
Parkinson's Disease (PD) is characterized by the progressive loss of dopaminergic neurons
in the substantia nigra (SN), leading to motor and non-motor symptoms. While the exact …

Mitochondrial glutathione: recent insights and role in disease

M Marí, E de Gregorio, C de Dios, V Roca-Agujetas… - Antioxidants, 2020 - mdpi.com
Mitochondria are the main source of reactive oxygen species (ROS), most of them deriving
from the mitochondrial respiratory chain. Among the numerous enzymatic and non …

[HTML][HTML] Biomedical applications of MnO2 nanomaterials as nanozyme-based theranostics

S Sisakhtnezhad, M Rahimi, S Mohammadi - Biomedicine & …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Manganese dioxide (MnO 2) nanoenzymes/nanozymes (MnO 2-NEs) are 1–100
nm nanomaterials that mimic catalytic, oxidative, peroxidase, and superoxide dismutase …

Copper-catalyzed glutathione oxidation is accelerated by the anticancer thiosemicarbazone Dp44mT and further boosted at lower pH

E Falcone, AG Ritacca, S Hager… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Glutathione (GSH) is the most abundant thiol in mammalian cells and plays a crucial role in
maintaining redox cellular homeostasis. The thiols of two GSH molecules can be oxidized to …

Cysteine depletion, a key action to challenge cancer cells to ferroptotic cell death

B Daher, M Vučetić, J Pouysségur - Frontiers in Oncology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Cancer cells are characterized as highly proliferative at the expense of enhancement of
metabolic rate. Consequently, cancer cells rely on antioxidant defenses to overcome the …