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Acetaldehyde-induced cytotoxicity involves induction of spermine oxidase at the transcriptional level

Takeshi Uemura1, Yuka Tanaka, Kyohei Higashi

  • 1Department of Forensic Medicine, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, 465 Kajii-cho, Kawaramachi-Hirokoji, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto 602-8566, Japan. tuemura@koto.kpu-m.ac.jp

Toxicology
|May 28, 2013
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Keywords:
AcetaldehydeAcroleinCH(3)CHOCr-PdGEtOHGAPDHODCPolyamineSMOSSATSpermine oxidaseacetaldehydeethanolglyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenaseornithine decarboxylasespermidine spermine acetyltransferasespermine oxidaseα-methyl-γ-hydroxy-1,N(2)-propano-2′-deoxyguanosine

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