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Thioredoxin reductase 1 deficiency reverses tumor phenotype and tumorigenicity of lung carcinoma cells.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 12 May 2006
Yoo Min-Hyuk, Xu Xue-Ming, Carlson Bradley A, Gladyshev Vadim N, Hatfield Dolph L
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Dietary selenium has potent cancer prevention activity. Both low molecular weight selenocompounds and selenoproteins are implicated in this effect. Thioredoxin reductase 1 (TR1) is one of the major antioxidant and redox regulators in mammals that supports p53 function and other tumor suppressor activities. However, this selenium-containing oxidoreductase is also overexpressed in many malignant cells and has been...
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