Glutathione (穀胱甘肽) deficiency (缺乏，不足，短缺) in the epithelial lining fluid of the lower respiratory tract in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (肺纖維化). [1989](IR91)

Glutathione deficiency in the epithelial lining fluid of the lower respiratory tract in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.

Glutathione (穀胱甘肽) deficiency (缺乏，不足，短缺) in the epithelial lining fluid of the lower respiratory tract in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (肺纖維化). [1989](IR91)

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Glutathione (穀胱甘肽) deficiency (缺乏，不足，短缺) in the epithelial lining fluid of the lower respiratory tract in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (肺纖維化). [1989](IR91)

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Am Rev Respir Dis. 1989 Feb;139(2):370-2.

Glutathione deficiency (缺乏，不足，短缺) in the epithelial lining fluid of the lower respiratory tract in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (肺纖維化).

Cantin AM, Hubbard RC, Crystal RG.
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Pulmonary Branch, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, Bethesda, Maryland 20892.

Abstract
Glutathione (L-gamma-glutamyl-L-cysteinyl-glycine, GSH), a sulfhydryl-containing tripeptide produced by most mammalian cells, is an efficient scavenger of toxic oxidants, including hydrogen peroxide, an oxidant that plays a major role in the oxidant burden placed on the epithelial surface of the lower respiratory tract in chronic inflammatory states. GSH is present in the epithelial lining fluid of the normal lower respiratory tract, where it is thought to play a major role in providing antioxidant (抗氧化劑) protection to the epithelial cells. In this regard, we hypothesized that the lower respiratory tract of patients with IPF may be chronically depleted (耗盡) of this antioxidant (抗氧化劑), thus leading to an increased susceptibility of lung epithelial cells to oxidant injury. To evaluate this concept, the concentration of glutathione was determined in the epithelial lining fluid of the lower respiratory tract of 15 patients with IPF and compared to that of 19 normal subjects. Strikingly, whereas ELF glutathione concentrations were high in normal subjects (429 +/- 34 microM), a fourfold decrease was found in patients with IPF (97 +/- 18 microM, p less than 0.001). In the context of the known oxidant burden present in the lower respiratory tract of patients with IPF, these observations of a "GSH deficiency" in IPF ELF suggest that there is a marked oxidant-antioxidant (抗氧化劑) imbalance at the alveolar surface of these persons, thus increasing the susceptibility to the severe epithelial cell damage characteristic of this disease.

PMID: 2913886 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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Glutathione deficiency in the epithelial lining fluid of the lower respiratory tract in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.

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Am Rev Respir Dis. 1989 Feb;139(2):370-2.
Glutathione deficiency in the epithelial lining fluid of the lower respiratory tract in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
Cantin AM, Hubbard RC, Crystal RG.
Source
Pulmonary Branch, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, Bethesda, Maryland 20892.

Abstract
Glutathione (L-gamma-glutamyl-L-cysteinyl-glycine, GSH), a sulfhydryl-containing tripeptide produced by most mammalian cells, is an efficient scavenger of toxic oxidants, including hydrogen peroxide, an oxidant that plays a major role in the oxidant burden placed on the epithelial surface of the lower respiratory tract in chronic inflammatory states. GSH is present in the epithelial lining fluid of the normal lower respiratory tract, where it is thought to play a major role in providing antioxidant (抗氧化劑) protection to the epithelial cells. In this regard, we hypothesized that the lower respiratory tract of patients with IPF may be chronically depleted (耗盡) of this antioxidant (抗氧化劑), thus leading to an increased susceptibility of lung epithelial cells to oxidant injury. To evaluate this concept, the concentration of glutathione was determined in the epithelial lining fluid of the lower respiratory tract of 15 patients with IPF and compared to that of 19 normal subjects. Strikingly, whereas ELF glutathione concentrations were high in normal subjects (429 +/- 34 microM), a fourfold decrease was found in patients with IPF (97 +/- 18 microM, p less than 0.001). In the context of the known oxidant burden present in the lower respiratory tract of patients with IPF, these observations of a "GSH deficiency" in IPF ELF suggest that there is a marked oxidant-antioxidant (抗氧化劑) imbalance at the alveolar surface of these persons, thus increasing the susceptibility to the severe epithelial cell damage characteristic of this disease.

PMID: 2913886 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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