Perturbation of human coronary artery endothelial cell redox state and NADPH generation by methylglyoxal.

Diabetes is associated with elevated plasma glucose, increased reactive aldehyde formation, oxidative damage, and glycation/glycoxidation of biomolecules. Cellular detoxification of, or protection against, such modifications commonly requires NADPH-dependent reducing equivalents (e.g. GSH). We hypot...

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Main Authors: Philip E Morgan, Pamela J Sheahan, Michael J Davies
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3897751?pdf=render