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Gpx4 ablation in adult mice results in a lethal phenotype accompanied by neuronal loss in brain.
Free radical biology & medicine - 1 May 2012
Yoo Si-Eun, Chen Liuji, Na Ren, Liu Yuhong, Rios Carmen, Van Remmen Holly, Richardson Arlan, Ran Qitao
Abstract excerpt
Glutathione peroxidase 4 (Gpx4) is an antioxidant defense enzyme important in reducing hydroperoxides in membrane lipids and lipoproteins. Gpx4 is essential for survival of embryos and neonatal mice; however, whether Gpx4 is required for adult animals remains unclear. In this study, we generated a floxed Gpx4 mouse (Gpx4(f/f)), in which exons 2-4 of Gpx4 gene are flanked by loxP sites. We then cross-bred the...
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