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Neuroprotective effects of the drug GVT (monosodium luminol) are mediated by the stabilization of Nrf2 in astrocytes.
Neurochemistry international - 1 Jan 2000
Reddy Pichili Vijaya Bhaskar, Lungu Gina, Kuang Xianghong, Stoica George, Wong Paul K Y
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Oxidative stress is implicated in various kinds of neurological disorders, including human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) associated dementia (HAD). Our laboratory has been studying the murine retrovirus ts1, a pathogenic mutant of the Moloney murine leukemia virus (MoMuLV), as a model for HAD. Like HIV in humans, ts1 induces oxidative stress and progressive neurodegeneration in mice. We have shown previously that...
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