Role of antioxidant activity of taurine in diabetesThis article is one of a selection of papers from the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Translational Knowledge for Heart Health (published in part 1 of a 2-part Special Issue).

W. Schaffer, Stephen; AZUMA, Junichi; Mozaffari, Mahmood

doi:10.1139/y08-110

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Role of antioxidant activity of taurine in diabetesThis article is one of a selection of papers from the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Translational Knowledge for Heart Health (published in part 1 of a 2-part Special Issue).

Published in Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology • Feb 1, 2009

Authors:

Stephen W. Schaffer

Junichi AZUMA

Mahmood Mozaffari

Abstract

The unifying hypothesis of diabetes maintains that reactive oxygen species (ROS) generated in the mitochondria of glucose-treated cells promote reactions leading to the development of diabetic complications. Although the unifying hypothesis attributes the generation of oxidants solely to impaired gl...

Subject

Taurine

Hypochlorous acid

Antioxidant

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