Nitric oxide (NO) is an important molecule that exerts multiple functions in biological systems. Because of the short-lived nature of NO, S-nitrosothiols (RSNOs) are believed to act as stable NO carriers. Recently, sulfhydryl (SH) containing macromolecules have been shown to be promising NO carriers. In the present study, we aimed to synthesize and characterize a potential NO carrier based on b...

BACKGROUND Several case-control studies investigating the relationship between genetic polymorphisms of glutathione S-transferase (GST) M1, GSTT1, and GSTP1 (rs1695) and the risk of breast cancer have reported contradictory results. We therefore performed a meta-analysis to clarify this issue. MATERIALS AND METHODS An updated meta-analysis using PubMed and Web of Knowledge databases for the e...

We evaluated glutathione transferase (GST) activities and the levels of glutathionylated hemoglobin in the RBC of 42 workers exposed to 1,3-butadiene in a petrochemical plant, using 43 workers not exposed to 1,3-butadiene and 82 foresters as internal and external controls, respectively. Median 1,3-butadiene exposure levels were 1.5, 0.4, and 0.1 microg/m3 in 1,3-butadiene-exposed workers, in wo...

The models referred to in the main text, simulate the coupling of mechanical and molecular forces in the early stages of the development of mammalian embryo. The assumptions made in describing single cell mechanics follow the postulates introduced in [1, 2]. As in [1, 2], we describe the cell as an incompressible ellipsoid whose elastic response is characterized by three orthogonal springs plac...