Reactive oxygen species: key regulators in vascular health and diseases

Vascular-derived reactive oxygen species for homeostasis and diseases.

Numerous basic and clinical studies have clearly identified that reactive oxygen species (ROS, i.e., H(2)O(2), O(2)(-), and ()OH) has a major role in the development of cardiovascular diseases. However, we still have no strong therapeutic strategy for clinical benefits of antioxidant administration. One potential reason for those could be a crucial role of ROS for intracellular signaling pathwa...

Reactive oxygen species as regulators of oxygen dependent gene expression.

O 22: Reactive Oxygen Species and Epilepsy

Seizure activity has been proposed to result in the generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS), which then contribute to seizure-induced neuronal damage and eventually cell death. Although the mechanisms of seizure-induced ROS generation are unclear, mitochondria and cellular calcium overload have been proposed to have a crucial role. We aim to determine the sources of seizure-induced ROS and ...

Reactive Oxygen Species in Health and Disease

During the past decades, it became obvious that reactive oxygen species (ROS) exert a multitude of biological effects covering a wide spectrum that ranges from physiological regulatory functions to damaging alterations participating in the pathogenesis of increasing number of diseases. This review summarizes the key roles played by the ROS in both health and disease. ROS are metabolic products ...

Small-molecule screen identifies reactive oxygen species as key regulators of neutrophil chemotaxis.

Neutrophil chemotaxis plays an essential role in innate immunity, but the underlying cellular mechanism is still not fully characterized. Here, using a small-molecule functional screening, we identified NADPH oxidase-dependent reactive oxygen species as key regulators of neutrophil chemotactic migration. Neutrophils with pharmacologically inhibited oxidase, or isolated from chronic granulomatou...