The endogenous reactive oxygen species ("ROS") formation is associated with many pathologic states such as inflammatory diseases, neurodegenerative diseases, brain and heart ischemic injuries, cancer, and aging. The purpose of this study was to investigate the endogenous sources for "ROS" formation in intact isolated rat hepatocytes, in particular, peroxisomal oxidases, monoamine oxidase, xanth...

The effect of environmental pollutants on atopic eczema (AE) is controversial with different proposed mechanisms in skin including oxidative stress, the aryl hydrocarbon/artemin pathway (AhR/ARTN), and JAK/STAT pathway. Mathematical modelling a cohort AE patients Bangladeshi ancestry commonly studied meteorological variables showed that long-term exposure to ground-level Ozone (O3) has stronges...

PURPOSE Induction of oxidative stress by Organophosphate compounds (OPs) has been previously reported. In the present work, the mechanism of protective effects of N-acetylcysteine as a glutathion (GSH) prodrug against malathion-induced cell toxicity was investigated. In this work, freshly isolated rat hepatocytes were used to determine the effect of NAC on malathion-induced cytotoxicity, format...

BACKGROUND Fraxetin (7,8-dihydroxy-6-methoxy coumarin), a coumarin derivative, has been reported to possess antioxidative, anti-inflammatory and neuroprotective effects. A number of recent observations suggest that the induction of heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) inhibits inflammation and tumorigenesis. In the present study, we determined the effect of fraxetin on HO-1 expression in HaCaT human keratin...

The generation and intracellular accumulation of reactive oxygen species have been shown to be associated with the infection of human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC) by Rickettsia rickettsii. In response to the oxidant superoxide, the activity of the enzyme superoxide dismutase (SOD) increases following infection by this obligate intracellular bacterium. Other oxidants which are capabl...

BACKGROUND Recent studies showed that angiotensin II type 1 receptor blocker (ARB) slows progression of chronic renal disease in patients with type 2 diabetes, regardless of changes in blood pressure. We showed that the imbalance of nitric oxide (NO) and reactive oxygen species (ROS) due to endothelial NO synthase (eNOS) uncoupling contributed to renal dysfunction in the diabetic nephropathy. T...

Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are important mediators for several biologic responses, including apoptosis. The present study evaluated the time course of changes in intracellular ROS production and apoptosis-related proteins, as well as apoptotic changes in human tubular proximal cells (HK-2 cells) exposed to hyperglycemia. Apoptosis (annexin V binding), ROS formation (fluorescence probe dichlo...

Quercetin is an important dietary flavonoid present in fruits and vegetables and has attracted attention because of its anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidative properties. Inflammation and oxidative stress play important roles in posttraumatic cardiomyocyte apoptosis, which contributes to secondary cardiac dysfunction. This study investigates the protective effect of quercetin on trauma-induced se...

PURPOSE Monocytes actively participate in inflammatory mechanisms that contribute to the development of adipose tissue dysfunction and atherogenesis. The aim of this study was to evaluate the association of monocyte CCR2 chemokine receptor expression and intracellular oxidative burst with the metabolic and inflammatory factors related to body weight. METHODS The study was performed in 67 post...

PURPOSE To investigate the effects of polyamines on tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNFalpha)-or tamoxifen (TAM)-induced apoptosis in estrogen receptor (ER)-positive MCF- 7 and ER-negative MDA-MB-231 human breast cancer cells. MATERIALS AND METHODS Cell viability was assessed by using MTT assay. Reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation was measured using 2', 7'-dichlorofluorescin diacetste (DCFD...