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ReviewMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2017

The Architecture of Thiol Antioxidant Systems among Invertebrate Parasites.

Alberto Guevara-Flores, José de Jesús Martínez-González, Juan Luis Rendón, Irene Patricia Del Arenal

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Review in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11citing papers in PubMed
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 31 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. The Role of Non-Coding RNAs in the Neuroprotective Effects of Glutathione.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Alberto Guevara-FloresDepartamento de Bioquímica, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Apartado Postal 70-159, 04510 Mexico City, Mexico.
José de Jesús Martínez-GonzálezDepartamento de Bioquímica, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Apartado Postal 70-159, 04510 Mexico City, Mexico.
Juan Luis RendónDepartamento de Bioquímica, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Apartado Postal 70-159, 04510 Mexico City, Mexico. jrendon@bq.unam.mx.
Irene Patricia Del ArenalDepartamento de Bioquímica, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Apartado Postal 70-159, 04510 Mexico City, Mexico. darenal@bq.unam.mx.
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México · MX

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The use of oxygen as the final electron acceptor in aerobic organisms results in an improvement in the energy metabolism. However, as a byproduct of the aerobic metabolism, reactive oxygen species are produced, leaving to the potential risk of an oxidative stress. To contend with such harmful compounds, living organisms have evolved antioxidant strategies. In this sense, the thiol-dependent antioxidant defense systems play a central role. In all cases, cysteine constitutes the major building block on which such systems are constructed, being present in redox substrates such as glutathione, thioredoxin, and trypanothione, as well as at the catalytic site of a variety of reductases and peroxidases. In some cases, the related selenocysteine was incorporated at selected proteins. In invertebrate parasites, antioxidant systems have evolved in a diversity of both substrates and enzymes, representing a potential area in the design of anti-parasite strategies. The present review focus on the organization of the thiol-based antioxidant systems in invertebrate parasites. Differences between these taxa and its final mammal host is stressed. An understanding of the antioxidant defense mechanisms in this kind of parasites, as well as their interactions with the specific host is crucial in the design of drugs targeting these organisms.

Indexed as

AnimalsAntioxidantsEntamoebaHost-Parasite InteractionsHumansImmunity, InnatePlasmodiumProtozoan InfectionsSchistosomaSulfhydryl CompoundsTaeniaAntioxidantsSulfhydryl Compoundsantioxidant systemsdisulfide reductaseparasitesredoxinredox mechanismsthiolthiol-dependent peroxidase

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PMID28208651
PMCPMC6155587
OpenAlexW2589116504

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