Cancer Letters
Volume 208, Issue 1 , Pages 103-113 , 10 May 2004

Role of glutathione in the induction of apoptosis and c-fos and c-jun mRNAs by oxidative stress in tumor cells

  • Carmen Tormos

      Affiliations

    • Departamento de Bioquı́mica y Biologı́a Molecular, Facultad de Medicina, Universitat de Valencia, Avda. Blasco Ibañez 17, 46010 Valencia, Spain
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  • F Javier Chaves

      Affiliations

    • Unidad Mixta de Investigación, Hospital Clı́nico Universitario de Valencia, Valencia, Spain
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  • Maria José Garcia

      Affiliations

    • Departamento de Bioquı́mica y Biologı́a Molecular, Facultad de Medicina, Universitat de Valencia, Avda. Blasco Ibañez 17, 46010 Valencia, Spain
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  • Federico Garrido

      Affiliations

    • Servicio de Analisis Clı́nicos e Inmunologı́a, Hospital Virgen de las Nieves, Granada, Spain
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  • Ramiro Jover

      Affiliations

    • Departamento de Bioquı́mica y Biologı́a Molecular, Facultad de Medicina, Universitat de Valencia, Avda. Blasco Ibañez 17, 46010 Valencia, Spain
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  • José Enrique O'Connor

      Affiliations

    • Departamento de Bioquı́mica y Biologı́a Molecular, Facultad de Medicina, Universitat de Valencia, Avda. Blasco Ibañez 17, 46010 Valencia, Spain
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  • Antonio Iradi

      Affiliations

    • Departamento de Fisiologı́a, Facultad de Medicina, Universitat de Valencia, Valencia, Spain
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  • Ana Oltra

      Affiliations

    • Departamento de Bioquı́mica y Biologı́a Molecular, Facultad de Medicina, Universitat de Valencia, Avda. Blasco Ibañez 17, 46010 Valencia, Spain
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  • Maria R Oliva

      Affiliations

    • Departamento de Bioquı́mica y Biologı́a Molecular, Facultad de Medicina, Universitat de Valencia, Avda. Blasco Ibañez 17, 46010 Valencia, Spain
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  • Guillermo T Sáez

      Affiliations

    • Departamento de Bioquı́mica y Biologı́a Molecular, Facultad de Medicina, Universitat de Valencia, Avda. Blasco Ibañez 17, 46010 Valencia, Spain
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +34-96-3864160; fax: +34-96-3864186

Received 23 May 2003 ,Revised 1 November 2003 ,Accepted 5 November 2003.

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doi: 10.1016/j.canlet.2003.11.007

Cancer Letters
Volume 208, Issue 1 , Pages 103-113 , 10 May 2004

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