The correlation analysis indicated that the basal (prior to irradiation) pulmonary levels of GPx2 mRNA as well as GPx activity positively correlated with the post-irradiation asymptomatic survival time of mice
Material and methods Cell culture Human hepatocellular carcinoma (HepG2) (ATCC, HB-8065) were maintained in DMEM (4.5 g/l glucose, pyruvate) (Gibco), supplemented with 10% fetal bovine serum (PAA Laboratories) and penicillin/streptomycin (25 g/ml each, Gibco) at 37 C, 5% CO 2
Szczesny, B., Marcatti, M., Zatarain, J
This process, using glutamate (Glu), cysteine (Cys), and glycine (Gly) as raw materials, depends on glutamate cysteine ligase (GCL) and glutathione synthetase (GS) catalysis, present only in the cytoplasmic matrix [23]