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Xie S, Li X, Zeng Q, Wu Y, Zhang T. High-Contrast Photoacoustic Imaging of Localized Cysteine in Orthotopic Breast Cancer Enabled by A Totally-Caged Methylene Blue Probe. Chemistry 2024; 30:e202302878. [PMID: 38103037 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202302878] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2023] [Revised: 12/13/2023] [Accepted: 12/14/2023] [Indexed: 12/17/2023]
Abstract
High-contrast photoacoustic sensing imaging (PASI) was greatly determined by optical absorption changes of the absorbers usually enabled by activatable probes via controllably converting the absorbed electromagnetic energy to ultrasound waves. However, most of current photoacoustic probes still suffer from limited imaging contrast towards specific species because of their small absorption spectral changes in the near infrared (NIR) region. Herein, we developed a methylene blue-based photoacoustic probe with its NIR optical absorption totally caged, which could afford dramatical "OFF-to-ON" absorption transition for high-contrast photoacoustic imaging towards the localized cysteine. The rationally designed methylene blue-based probe for cysteine (MB-Cys) would keep in off state with almost no absorption in NIR region, while upon activated by cysteine through cyclization reaction with acrylates, it would reconstruct the π-conjugation system to release the free methylene blue with strong absorption centered at 665 nm (>130-fold enhancement). The unique responsive behavior could enable the PASI for photoacoustic mapping the cysteine in orthotopic breast cancer in a high-contrast manner. Therefore, this work established an up-to-date strategy to originally eliminate the background photoacoustic signal for PASI to accurately monitor cysteine in vivo.
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- Si Xie
- MOE Key Laboratory of Laser Life Science & Institute of Laser Life Science, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Laser Life Science, College of Biophotonics, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510631, P. R. China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Laser Life Science & Institute of Laser Life Science, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Laser Life Science, College of Biophotonics, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510631, P. R. China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Laser Life Science & Institute of Laser Life Science, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Laser Life Science, College of Biophotonics, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510631, P. R. China
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- School of Physics and Telecommunication Engineering, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Quantum Engineering and Quantum Materials, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510631, P. R. China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Laser Life Science & Institute of Laser Life Science, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Laser Life Science, College of Biophotonics, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510631, P. R. China
- Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Spectral Analysis and Functional Probes, College of Biophotonics, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510631, China
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Li H, Yue L, Huang H, Chen Z, Guo Y, Lin W. A NIR emission fluorescence probe for visualizing elevated levels of SO2 in cancer cells and living tumor. J Photochem Photobiol A Chem 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2023.114684] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/16/2023]
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Savani S, Onbasli K, Gunduz H, Aydındogan E, Erkısa M, Muti A, Khan M, Sennaroglu A, Ulukaya E, Yagci Acar H, Kolemen S. Development of a cysteine responsive chlorinated hemicyanine for image-guided dual phototherapy. Bioorg Chem 2022; 122:105725. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bioorg.2022.105725] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2021] [Revised: 02/23/2022] [Accepted: 03/06/2022] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Yu M, Wen W, Yi X, Zhu W, Aa J, Wang G. Plasma Metabolomics Reveals Diagnostic Biomarkers and Risk Factors for Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma. Front Oncol 2022; 12:829350. [PMID: 35198450 PMCID: PMC8859148 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2022.829350] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2021] [Accepted: 01/19/2022] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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Esophageal squamous carcinoma (ESCC) has a high morbidity and mortality rate. Identifying risk metabolites associated with its progression is essential for the early prevention and treatment of ESCC. A total of 373 ESCC, 40 esophageal squamous dysplasia (ESD), and 218 healthy controls (HC) subjects were enrolled in this study. Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC/MS) was used to acquire plasma metabolic profiles. Receiver operating characteristic curve (ROC) and adjusted odds ratio (OR) were calculated to evaluate the potential diagnosis and prediction ability markers. The levels of alpha-tocopherol and cysteine were progressively decreased, while the levels of aminomalonic acid were progressively increased during the various stages (from precancerous lesions to advanced-stage) of exacerbation in ESCC patients. Alpha-tocopherol performed well for the differential diagnosis of HC and ESD/ESCC (AUROC>0.90). OR calculations showed that a high level of aminomalonic acid was not only a risk factor for further development of ESD to ESCC (OR>13.0) but also a risk factor for lymphatic metastasis in ESCC patients (OR>3.0). A low level of alpha-tocopherol was a distinguished independent risk factor of ESCC (OR< 0.5). The panel constructed by glycolic acid, oxalic acid, glyceric acid, malate and alpha-tocopherol performed well in distinguishing between ESD/ESCC from HC in the training and validation set (AUROC>0.95). In conclusion, the oxidative stress function was impaired in ESCC patients, and improving the body’s antioxidant function may help reduce the early occurrence of ESCC.
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- Mengjie Yu
- Key Laboratory of Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Oncology, First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
- *Correspondence: Jiye Aa, ; Wei Zhu,
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- Key Laboratory of Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, China
- *Correspondence: Jiye Aa, ; Wei Zhu,
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- Key Laboratory of Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, China
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She ZP, Wang WX, Mao GJ, Jiang WL, Wang ZQ, Li Y, Li CY. A near-infrared fluorescent probe for accurately diagnosing cancer by sequential detection of cysteine and H . Chem Commun (Camb) 2021; 57:4811-4814. [PMID: 33982685 DOI: 10.1039/d1cc01228b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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A near-infrared fluorescent probe, CyAc, is synthesized for accurately diagnosing cancer in vivo by sequential detection of Cys and H+. CyAc can not only achieve a good distinction between normal cells and cancer cells, but also distinguish normal mice from tumor mice.
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- Zun-Pan She
- Key Laboratory for Green Organic Synthesis and Application of Hunan Province, Key Laboratory of Environmentally Friendly Chemistry and Applications of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan, 411105, P. R. China.
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Zhang P, Wu J, Xiao F, Zhao D, Luan Y. Disulfide bond based polymeric drug carriers for cancer chemotherapy and relevant redox environments in mammals. Med Res Rev 2018; 38:1485-1510. [PMID: 29341223 DOI: 10.1002/med.21485] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2017] [Revised: 12/14/2017] [Accepted: 12/26/2017] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Increasing numbers of disulfide linkage-employing polymeric drug carriers that utilize the reversible peculiarity of this unique covalent bond have been reported. The reduction-sensitive disulfide bond is usually employed as a linkage between hydrophilic and hydrophobic polymers, polymers and drugs, or as cross-linkers in polymeric drug carriers. These polymeric drug carriers are designed to exploit the significant redox potential difference between the reducing intracellular environments and relatively oxidizing extracellular spaces. In addition, these drug carriers can release a considerable amount of anticancer drug in response to the reducing environment when they reach tumor tissues, effectively improving antitumor efficacy. This review focuses on various disulfide linkage-employing polymeric drug carriers. Important redox thiol pools, including GSH/GSSG, Cys/CySS, and Trx1, as well as redox environments in mammals, will be introduced.
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- Pei Zhang
- School of Pharmaceutical Science, Shandong University, Jinan, P. R. China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Science, Shandong University, Jinan, P. R. China
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- Binzhou Tuberculosis Prevention and Treatment Hospital, Binzhou, P. R. China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Science, Shandong University, Jinan, P. R. China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Science, Shandong University, Jinan, P. R. China
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Zhang L, Zhao W, Zheng Z, Wang T, Zhao C, Zhou G, Jin H, Wang B. Hydrogen sulfide synthesis enzymes reduced in lower esophageal sphincter of patients with achalasia. Dis Esophagus 2016; 29:801-806. [PMID: 26316071 DOI: 10.1111/dote.12385] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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The etiology of achalasia remains largely unknown. Considerable evidence reveals that the lower esophageal sphincter dysfunction is due to the lack of inhibitory neurotransmitter, secondary to esophageal neuronal inflammation or loss. Recent studies suggest hydrogen sulfide may act as an inhibitory transmitter in gastrointestinal tract, but study about hydrogen sulfide in human esophagus still lack. The aim of the study was to investigate if hydrogen sulfide synthesis enzymes could be detected in human esophagus and if the synthesis of the endogenous hydrogen sulfide could be affected in achalasia patients. Tissue samples in cardia, lower esophageal sphincter, 2 cm and 4 cm above lower esophageal sphincter were obtained from achalasia patients undergoing peroral endoscopic myotomy. Control tissues in lower esophageal sphincter were obtained from esophageal carcinoma patients. Expression of cystathionine-β-synthase and cystathionine-γ-lyase in lower esophageal sphincter of achalasia patients and control were detected by immunohistochemical staining. In addition, expression of cystathionine-β-synthase and cystathionine-γ-lyase were compared among different parts of esophagus in achalasia patients. Compared with control, the expression of cystathionine-β-synthase and cystathionine-γ-lyase in lower esophageal sphincter of achalasia patients was significantly reduced (χ2 = 11.429, P = 0.010). The expression of cystathionine-β-synthase and cystathionine-γ-lyase were lower in lower esophageal sphincter than that in 2 cm and 4 cm above lower esophageal sphincter, respectively (all P < 0.05). In conclusion, the expression of hydrogen sulfide synthesis enzymes, cystathionine-β-synthase and cystathionine-γ-lyase, can be detected in human esophagus and is reduced in patients with achalasia, which implicates the involvement of the two hydrogen sulfide synthesis enzymes in the pathophysiology of achalasia.
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- L Zhang
- Department of Digestive Diseases, General Hospital, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Digestive Diseases, General Hospital, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Digestive Diseases, General Hospital, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Digestive Diseases, General Hospital, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Digestive Diseases, General Hospital, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Digestive Diseases, General Hospital, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Digestive Diseases, General Hospital, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Digestive Diseases, General Hospital, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China.
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Tian Y, Xu T, Huang J, Zhang L, Xu S, Xiong B, Wang Y, Tang H. Tissue Metabonomic Phenotyping for Diagnosis and Prognosis of Human Colorectal Cancer. Sci Rep 2016; 6:20790. [PMID: 26876567 PMCID: PMC4753490 DOI: 10.1038/srep20790] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2015] [Accepted: 01/12/2016] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the leading causes of cancer-related death worldwide and prognosis based on the conventional histological grading method for CRC remains poor. To better the situation, we analyzed the metabonomic signatures of 50 human CRC tissues and their adjacent non-involved tissues (ANIT) using high-resolution magic-angle spinning (HRMAS) (1)H NMR spectroscopy together with the fatty acid compositions of these tissues using GC-FID/MS. We showed that tissue metabolic phenotypes not only discriminated CRC tissues from ANIT, but also distinguished low-grade tumor tissues (stages I-II) from the high-grade ones (stages III-IV) with high sensitivity and specificity in both cases. Metabonomic phenotypes of CRC tissues differed significantly from that of ANIT in energy metabolism, membrane biosynthesis and degradations, osmotic regulations together with the metabolism of proteins and nucleotides. Amongst all CRC tissues, the stage I tumors exhibited largest differentiations from ANIT. The combination of the differentiating metabolites showed outstanding collective power for differentiating cancer from ANIT and for distinguishing CRC tissues at different stages. These findings revealed details in the typical metabonomic phenotypes associated with CRC tissues nondestructively and demonstrated tissue metabonomic phenotyping as an important molecular pathology tool for diagnosis and prognosis of cancerous solid tumors.
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- Yuan Tian
- CAS Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems, State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, National Centre for Magnetic Resonance in Wuhan, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430071, China
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- Department of Oncology, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430071, China
- Department of Oncology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430071, China
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- Department of Oncology, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430071, China
- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, 100029, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems, State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, National Centre for Magnetic Resonance in Wuhan, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430071, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems, State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, National Centre for Magnetic Resonance in Wuhan, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430071, China
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- Department of Oncology, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430071, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems, State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, National Centre for Magnetic Resonance in Wuhan, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430071, China
- Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems, State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, National Centre for Magnetic Resonance in Wuhan, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430071, China
- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Collaborative Innovation Center for Genetics and Development, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Contemporary Anthropology, Metabonomics and Systems Biology Laboratory, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200438, China
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This review summarizes clinical studies in which glutathione was measured in tumor tissue from patients with brain, breast, gastrointestinal, gynecological, head and neck and lung cancer. Glutathione tends to be elevated in breast, ovarian, head and neck, and lung cancer and lower in brain and liver tumors compared to disease-free tissue. Cervical, colorectal, gastric, and esophageal cancers show both higher and lower levels of tumor glutathione. Some studies show an inverse relationship between patient survival and tumor glutathione. Based on this survey, we recommend approaches that may improve the clinical value of glutathione as a biomarker.
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- Michael P Gamcsik
- UNC/NCSU Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering, Raleigh, NC 27695-7115, USA.
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Huang Z, Komninou D, Kleinman W, Pinto JT, Gilhooly EM, Calcagnotto A, Richie JP. Enhanced levels of glutathione and protein glutathiolation in rat tongue epithelium during 4-NQO-induced carcinogenesis. Int J Cancer 2007; 120:1396-401. [PMID: 17205525 DOI: 10.1002/ijc.22525] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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High glutathione (GSH) levels are commonly found in oral tumors and are thought to play an important role in tumorigenesis. While posttranslational binding of GSH to cellular proteins (protein glutathiolation) has recently been recognized as an important redox-sensitive regulatory mechanism, no data currently exist on this process during carcinogenesis. Our goal was to determine the effects of 4-nitroquinoline-N-oxide (4-NQO)-induced carcinogenesis on tongue levels of protein-bound and free GSH and related thiols in the rat. Male F-344 rats (6 weeks of age) were administered either 4-NQO (20 ppm) in drinking water or tap water alone (controls) for 8 weeks. Twenty-four weeks after cessation of 4-NQO, squamous cell carcinomas of the tongue were observed in all rats. The levels of both free and bound GSH in tumors, as well as in adjacent tissues, were 2- to 3-fold greater than in tongue epithelium from control rats (p < 0.05). Prior to tumor formation, at 8 weeks after cessation of 4-NQO, hyperplasia, dysplasia and carcinoma in situ were observed in 100%, 25% and 12.5% of 4-NQO-treated rats, respectively. At this early stage of carcinogenesis, levels of free and bound GSH were increased 50% compared with tongue tissues from control rats (p<0.05). Glutathione disulfide (GSSG) levels were also 2-fold greater in tongue tissues from 4-NQO treated vs. control rats (p<0.05). Altogether, these results suggest that protein glutathiolation, together with GSH and GSSG levels, are induced during oral carcinogenesis in the rat possibly as a result of enhanced levels of oxidative stress.
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- Zhishan Huang
- Department of Pathology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, USA
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