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Antioxidative enzymes in human nasal mucosa after exposure to ozone. Possible role of GSTM1 deficiency.
Inflammation research : official journal of the European Histamine Research Society ... [et al.] - 1 Feb 2003
Otto-Knapp R, Jurgovsky K, Schierhorn K, Kunkel G
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OBJECTIVE AND DESIGN: Epithelial antioxidative enzymes (AOEs) are thought to be a first line of defense against reactive oxygen species as they are upregulated after exposure to ozone according to animal studies. We analysed the activities of the AOEs catalase (CAT), glutathione peroxidase (GPX), glutathione reductase (GR), superoxide dismutase (SOD) and glutathione-S-transferase (GST) in a tissue culture of...
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