Ros

1) imbalance of redox environment in the cell or abundance of dangerous redox species (ROS etc) 2) - " - 3) peroxidases, superoxide dismutases, glutathion etc. 4) cell and cell parts damage (proteins, DNA, structures)

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... enzymes involved are catalase and superoxide dismutase (peroxidase is a family of enzymes). They are involved in beta oxidation and removal of ROS.

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... reason why people started looking for CR mimmetics was the observation that respiration increases in CR, which meant that the classic "less ROS, less damage" paradigm was wrong. Subsequently David Sinclair found resveratrol, the Sir2 activator. The rest, as they say, is history

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... that one of my nanoparticles (silver) could not lead to elevated protein carbonyl levels (by DNP method using ELISA) in cultured cells, though in ROS studies, it does give a positive result. Any explanation? Thanks!

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... my first year(2 year Master's degree) in China. My major is so called Molecular Biology and Biochemistry. My research focus is on cancer cells and ROS(reactive oxygen species). For the Degree, I have to publish at least one SCI paper in the 2-year period which is the regulation of my university. ...

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