Bypassing the compromised mitochondrial electron transport with methylene blue alleviates efavirenz/isoniazid-induced oxidant stress and mitochondria-mediated cell death in mouse hepatocytes

Efavirenz (EFV) is an anti-retroviral drug frequently combined with isoniazid (INH) to treat HIV-1/tuberculosis co-infected patients. Both drugs have been associated with idiosyncratic liver injury (DILI), but combined anti-retroviral and anti-tubercular therapy can increase the risk for DILI as co...

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Main Authors: Kang Kwang Lee, Urs A. Boelsterli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014-01-01
Series:Redox Biology
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213231714000500