This study aimed to directly elucidate cultivar variation in disease susceptibility and disease responses in relation to hormonal status in the interaction of Brassica napus cultivars and Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris (Xcc), the causal agent of black rot disease. Fully expanded leaves of six B. napus cultivars (cvs. Capitol, Youngsan, Saturnin, Colosse, Tamra, and Mosa) were inoculated ...

Background: The oxidative stress and disturbed redox signaling during gestation my play an important role in the fetal programming of adult diabetes. Objective: The study aimed to investigate the effects of maternal diabetes on preand post-natal pancreatic and peripheral tissues redox and oxidative status in order to clarify their role in the diabetogenic programming of F1 offspring. Methods: T...

Dear Sir: In a recent issue of the Journal, Dragsted et al (1) investigated whether fruit and vegetable intake affects biomarkers of oxidative stress or antioxidant defenses. They conducted a well-designed, 25-d, randomized, partly blinded intervention trial. Some of their conclusions related to an apparent lack of effect on markers of total antioxidant capacity [TAC; namely, the ferric-reducin...

School of Pharmacy, Showa University, Ha Japan. E-mail: [email protected] Quantitative RedOx Sensing Team (QRST), Radiation Damages, National Institute of Institutes for Quantum and Radiological S Chiba 263-8555, Japan Division of Innovative Research for Drug Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Ja Department of Chemistry and Nano Scienc 750, Korea Faculty of Science and Technology, ...

Plant responses to insect herbivory are regulated through complex, hormone-mediated interactions. Some caterpillar species have evolved strategies to manipulate this system by inducing specific pathways that suppress plant defense responses. Effectors in the labial saliva (LS) secretions of Spodoptera exigua caterpillars are believed to induce the salicylic acid (SA) pathway to interfere with t...

Reactive oxygen species (ROS) have long been considered as pathological agents inducing apoptosis under adverse culture conditions. However, recent findings have challenged this dogma and physiological levels of ROS are now considered as secondary messengers, mediating numerous cellular functions in stem cells. Stem cells represent important tools for tissue engineering, drug screening, and dis...

RATIONALE Previous studies have linked the development and severity of acute respiratory distress syndrome with a history of alcohol abuse. In clinical studies, this association has been centered on depletion of pulmonary glutathione and subsequent chronic oxidant stress. OBJECTIVES The impact on redox potential of the plasma or pulmonary pools, however, has never been reported. METHODS Pla...

Although sickle erythrocytes (RBC) undergo excessive autooxidation, investigators have not found evidence for abnormal oxidation of protein thiols in sickle RBC membranes (e.g., protein aggregates linked by intermolecular disulfide bonds). However, the conventional techniques heretofore used cannot detect more subtle changes in thiol status such as abnormal intramolecular disulfide bonds. We ex...