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SUBMITTER: Gu X
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3733989 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Gu Xiaodong X Salomon Robert G RG
Free radical biology & medicine 20111201 3
Many of the pathological effects of lipid peroxidation are mediated by aldehydes generated through fragmentation of lipid peroxides. Among these aldehydes, the γ-hydroxy- and γ-oxo-α,β-alkenals, e.g., 4-hydroxy-2-nonenal (HNE) and 4-oxo-2-nonenal (ONE), are especially prone to modifying proteins and DNA through covalent adduction. In addition the "mirror image" γ-hydroxy- and γ-oxo-α,β-alkenal phospholipids can serve as high-affinity ligands for biological receptors triggering pathology. Therefo ...[more]