Atherosclerosis creates a cycle where excess ROS and inflammatory proteins mutate genes, disrupt energy and hormone balance, and activate WBCs and platelets
Every time a cell produces energy, it also creates oxidative byproducts that must be managed
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This work was supported by the Wilmot Cancer Institute Predoctoral Fellowship (to G.A.), the American Association for Cancer Research and Breast Cancer Research Foundation (20-20-26-HARR to I.S.H.), the Breast Cancer Coalition of Rochester (to I.S.H.), the American Cancer Society (RSG-23-971782-01-TBE to I.S.H.), the Ludwig Center for Metastasis Research (to A.M.), the University of Chicago Comprehensive Cancer Center (to A.M.), the Cancer Research Foundation (to A.M.), the V Foundation (to A.M.), the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network (to G.C.), the Lung Cancer Research Foundation (to J.C.), and NIH grants R01CA269813 (to I.S.H.), R01CA269813-S1 (to M.Z.), R37CA230042 (to G.M.D.), R24AA022057 (to V.V.), R01AA028859 (to Y.C.), R01CA276461 (to A.M.), T32CA009594 and F31CA278362 (to C.S.), and AI150698 (to J.M.)
Glutathione can also prevent oxidative stress in erythrocytes (red blood cells)