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Oxidative Stress in the Lung Tissue - Sources of Reactive Oxygen Species and Antioxidant Defence

Publication at Second Faculty of Medicine |
2007

Abstract

Reactive oxygen species are oxygen-based molecules readily reacting with various compounds. It is already known that they play significant role in many physiological as well as pathological body processes.

The aim of our review is to briefly summarize our knowledge of possible ROS sources in the lung tissue.