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Abstract
Oxygen free radicals generated by xanthine oxidase are able to depolymerize hyaluronic acid in the presence of ferritin-bound iron. This suggests that ferritin can catalyse the Haber-Weiss reaction, leading to the formation of highly damaging hydroxyl radicals.Entities:
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Year: 1984 PMID: 6094241 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(84)80974-6
Source DB: PubMed Journal: FEBS Lett ISSN: 0014-5793 Impact factor: 4.124