Jun Chen, Jinping Fu, Sha Zhao, Xiaoxi Zhang, Yuyang Chao, Qunxing Pan, Huawei Sun, Jingfeng Zhang, Bin Li, Tao Xue, Jingui Li, Chuanmin Liu
Free radicals, including reactive oxygen species (ROS) and reactive nitrogen species (RNS), play critical roles in various physiological activities such as cell differentiation, apoptosis, and vascular tension when existing in cells at low levels. However, excessive amounts of free radicals are harmful, causing DNA damage, lipid peroxidation, protein degeneration, and abnormal cell death. Certain viral infections induce cells to produce excessive free radicals, which in multiple ways help the virus to replicate, mature, and exit...
July 11, 2023: Veterinary Sciences