Taken together, the results suggest that
oxygen radicals play a key role in otoconia formation, the team reports on 24 January in Current Biology.
Not exact matches
In young healthy individuals, the role
played by
oxygen radicals and H2O2 in enhancing insulin signaling is helpful, and so important that almost all cells and tissues contain special enzymes that produce H2O2, and O2 - at a well - regulated rate.
Mitochondria are widely believed to
play the pivotal role in aging because they are a major source of
oxygen radicals and arguably their most important targets.
Various hypotheses have been put forward to explain the molecular reasons for aging, a prominent role among them being
played by the free
radical theory of aging.3, 4 Free
radical components (reactive
oxygen species or ROS) or lipid peroxide (LPO) is involved in the pathogenesis and progression of accelerated skin aging and chronic skin conditions such as acne vulgaris.