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Increased myocardial dysfunction after ischemia-reperfusion in mice lacking glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase.
Circulation - 24 Feb 2004
Jain Mohit, Cui Lei, Brenner Daniel A, Wang Bo, Handy Diane E, Leopold Jane A, Loscalzo Joseph, Apstein Carl S, Liao Ronglih
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BACKGROUND: Free radical injury contributes to cardiac dysfunction during ischemia-reperfusion. Detoxification of free radicals requires maintenance of reduced glutathione (GSH) by NADPH. The principal mechanism responsible for generating NADPH and maintaining GSH during periods of myocardial ischemia-reperfusion remains unknown. Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD), the rate-limiting enzyme in the pentose...
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