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Human glutathione s-transferase enzyme gene variations and risk of multiple sclerosis in Iranian population cohort.
Multiple sclerosis and related disorders - 1 Oct 2017
Parchami Barjui Shahrbanou, Reiisi Somayeh, Bayati Asghar
Abstract excerpt
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an inflammatory disease with unknown etiology. Oxidative stress has been demonstrated to play a role in pathological and inflammatory mechanisms of MS. Cells activate antioxidant processes in response to oxidative stress. Glutathione is one of the antioxidant agents in the brain and serves as a cofactor for glutathione s-transferase (GST) enzymes for detoxifying nerve cells. Among...
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