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Increased 3-nitrotyrosine in both sporadic and familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
Annals of neurology - 1 Oct 1997
Beal M F, Ferrante R J, Browne S E, Matthews R T, Kowall N W, Brown R H
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The pathogenesis of neuronal degeneration in both sporadic and familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) associated with mutations in superoxide dismutase may involve oxidative stress. A leading candidate as a mediator of oxidative stress is peroxynitrite, which is formed by the reaction of superoxide with nitric oxide. 3-Nitrotyrosine is a relatively specific marker for oxidative damage mediated by...
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