TY - JOUR
T1 - Free Radicals in Medicine. II. Involvement in Human Disease
AU - SOUTHORN, PETER A.
AU - POWIS, GARTH
PY - 1988/1/1
Y1 - 1988/1/1
N2 - This review explores evidence that free radicals might be involved in various human disease processes. Such involvement is difficult to prove because direct evidence is often lacking and is based on animal models of the disease process. Evidence for free radical involvement includes demonstrating abnormal free radical production in the disease, finding that deliberately applying free radical-producing systems into the cellular locus responsible for the disease reproduces its manifestations, and showing that free radical scavengers control facets of the disease process. Confirmation of free radical involvement in a particular disease may have clinical relevance, inasmuch as clinically applicable techniques are currently being developed to remove free radicals from cellular sites where they are injurious and, in other situations such as chemotherapy, techniques or drugs that produce free radicals are available to destroy harmful cells.
AB - This review explores evidence that free radicals might be involved in various human disease processes. Such involvement is difficult to prove because direct evidence is often lacking and is based on animal models of the disease process. Evidence for free radical involvement includes demonstrating abnormal free radical production in the disease, finding that deliberately applying free radical-producing systems into the cellular locus responsible for the disease reproduces its manifestations, and showing that free radical scavengers control facets of the disease process. Confirmation of free radical involvement in a particular disease may have clinical relevance, inasmuch as clinically applicable techniques are currently being developed to remove free radicals from cellular sites where they are injurious and, in other situations such as chemotherapy, techniques or drugs that produce free radicals are available to destroy harmful cells.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0025-6196(12)64862-9
DO - 10.1016/S0025-6196(12)64862-9
M3 - Review article
C2 - 3280885
AN - SCOPUS:0023947742
SN - 0025-6196
VL - 63
SP - 390
EP - 408
JO - Mayo Clinic Proceedings
JF - Mayo Clinic Proceedings
IS - 4
ER -