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Thiol containing antioxidant drugs and the human immune system.
Bulletin europeen de physiopathologie respiratoire - 1 Jan 2000
Stagnaro R, Pierri I, Piovano P, Baracco F, De Palma M, Indiveri F
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The over production of toxic oxygen species (TOS) by the phagocytic cells involved in inflammatory processes plays a crucial role in generating the immune defects which characterize both infections and neoplastic diseases. Since the thiol containing drugs, and N-acetylcysteine possess a high capacity for scavenging and inhibiting TOS, the question of whether these substances are able to protect, in vivo as well...
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