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The antioxidant glutathione protects against enteric neuron death in situ, but its depletion is protective during colitis.
American journal of physiology. Gastrointestinal and liver physiology - 1 Jan 2018
Brown Isola A M, Gulbransen Brian D
Abstract excerpt
Enteric glia play an important neuroprotective role in the enteric nervous system (ENS) by producing neuroprotective compounds such as the antioxidant reduced glutathione (GSH). The specific cellular pathways that regulate glial production of GSH and how these pathways are altered during, or contribute to, neuroinflammation in situ and in vivo are not fully understood. We investigated this issue using...
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