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Sex-dependent compensated oxidative stress in the mouse liver upon deletion of catechol O-methyltransferase.
Biochemical pharmacology - 1 May 2009
Tenorio-Laranga Jofre, Männistö Pekka T, Karayiorgou Maria, Gogos Joseph A, García-Horsman J Arturo
Abstract excerpt
Catechol-O-methyl transferase (COMT) methylates catechols, such as L-dopa and dopamine, and COMT deficient mice show dramatic shifts in the metabolite levels of catechols. Increase in catechol metabolite levels can, in principle, lead to oxidative stress but no indices of oxidative stress have been reported in COMT-knockout (KO) mice [Forsberg MM, Juvonen RO, Helisalmi P, Leppanen J, Gogos JA, Karayiorgou M, et...
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