Confirmation of a direct role for GSTP1 in chemotherapy response is important, not only in the prediction of response to platinum-based chemotherapy, but as a candidate response biomarker for new generation chemotherapy drugs, designed to exploit increased GSTP1 expression in tumours relative to surrounding normal tissues
Zinc is sometimes better tolerated when taken with a small amount of food to avoid any potential nausea, which is a common side effect of standard zinc tablets
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76 Additionally, excessive GSH may alter bacterial intracellular redox homeostasis, which paradoxically leads to increased production of ROS and causes oxidative damage