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Antioxidant response genes sequence variants and BPD susceptibility in VLBW infants.
Pediatric research - 1 Mar 2015
Sampath Venkatesh, Garland Jeffery S, Helbling Daniel, Dimmock David, Mulrooney Neil P, Simpson Pippa M, Murray Jeffrey C, Dagle John M
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BACKGROUND: Lung injury resulting from oxidative stress contributes to bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) pathogenesis. Nuclear factor erythroid-2 related factor-2 (NFE2L2) regulates cytoprotective responses to oxidative stress by inducing enzymes containing antioxidant response elements (ARE). We...
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