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Regulation And Measurement Of Oxidative Stress In Apoptosis, James Curtin, Maryanne Donovan, Thomas Cotter
Regulation And Measurement Of Oxidative Stress In Apoptosis, James Curtin, Maryanne Donovan, Thomas Cotter
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Cells are constantly generating reactive oxygen species (ROS) during aerobic metabolism. As a consequence, each cell is equipped with an extensive antioxidant defence system to combat excessive production of ROS. Oxidative stress occurs in cells when the generation of ROS overwhelms the cell's natural antioxidant defences. There is a growing consensus that oxidative stress and the redox state of a cell plays a pivotal role in regulating apoptosis, a tightly controlled form of cell death in which a cell partakes in its own demise. More recently, a role for reactive nitrogen species (RNI) as both positive and negative regulators of …