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Redox Control Of Allergic Airway Disease: Impact Of Glutaredoxin-1 On Epithelial Driven Inflammation And Allergen-Induced Airway Remodeling, James D. Nolin
Redox Control Of Allergic Airway Disease: Impact Of Glutaredoxin-1 On Epithelial Driven Inflammation And Allergen-Induced Airway Remodeling, James D. Nolin
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Asthma is a multi-faceted chronic inflammatory disease accompanied by loss of airway epithelial integrity leading to remodeling of the airways. Perturbations to the lung redox environment, including alterations in glutathione (GSH) content, have been reported in asthma. GSH can be conjugated to protein cysteines, controlling protein function in an oxidant-dependent process known as protein S-glutathionylation (PSSG). The thioltransferase, glutaredoxin-1 (Glrx1), deglutathionylates proteins under physiological conditions, restoring sulfhydryl groups of target proteins. Glrx1 is emerging as a critical player in settings of allergic airway disease, but its function in regulating epithelial cell responses to asthma-relevant cytokines has not been examined. Furthermore, …