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SUBMITTER: Herzog K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6468779 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Herzog Katharina K IJlst Lodewijk L van Cruchten Arno G AG van Roermund Carlo W T CWT Kulik Wim W Wanders Ronald J A RJA Waterham Hans R HR
Metabolites 20190305 3
Oxidative stress plays a role in the onset and progression of a number of diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease, diabetes and cancer, as well as ageing. Oxidative stress is caused by an increased production of reactive oxygen species and reduced antioxidant activity, resulting in the oxidation of glutathione. The ratio of reduced to oxidised glutathione is often used as a marker of the redox state in the cell. Whereas a variety of methods have been developed to measure glutathione in blood sampl ...[more]