Chapter 5
Survival Strategy and Disease Pathogenesis According to the Nrf2-Small Maf Heterodimer
Masanobu Morita,
Hozumi Motohashi,
Masanobu Morita
Department of Medical Biochemistry, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Japan
Search for more papers by this authorHozumi Motohashi
Center for Radioisotope Sciences, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Japan
Search for more papers by this authorMasanobu Morita,
Hozumi Motohashi,
Masanobu Morita
Department of Medical Biochemistry, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Japan
Search for more papers by this authorHozumi Motohashi
Center for Radioisotope Sciences, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Japan
Search for more papers by this authorBook Editor(s):Tahira Farooqui,
Akhlaq A. Farooqui,
Tahira Farooqui
Department of Entomology/Center of Molecular Neurobiology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
Search for more papers by this authorAkhlaq A. Farooqui
Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
Search for more papers by this authorSummary
This chapter contains sections titled:
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Introduction
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The Keap1-Nrf2 System in Response to Electrophiles
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NRF2 in The CNC-Small Maf Transcription Factor Network
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Dysfunction of Nrf2 in Pathological Conditions
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Conclusion and Future Perspectives
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Acknowledgments
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