8-Methoxypsoralen is a competitive inhibitor of glutathione S-transferase P1-1

The blood-brain barrier (BBB) is known to protect healthy brain cells from potentially dangerous chemical agents, but there are many evidences supporting the idea that this protective action is extended to tumor cells. Since the process of angiogenesis in brain tumors leads to BBB breakdown, biochem...

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Main Authors: Diêgo Madureira Oliveira, Marcel Tavares Farias, André Lacerda Braga Teles, Manoelito Coelho Santos Junior, Martins Dias Cerqueira, Rute Maria Ferreira Lima, Ramon Santos El-Bachá
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fncel.2014.00308/full