In vitro studies using normal human epidermal keratinocytes revealed that treatment with glutathione amino acid precursors significantly increased both GSH and glutathione disulfide levels, leading to an improved GSH/glutathione disulfide ratio, which is a key indicator of cellular redox balance
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Supplementary material The Supplementary Material for this article can be found online at: Supplementary Figure 1 GPX1 expression was absent in the cochlear SGNs of gpx1 / mice
Although it entered phase 1 trials in consideration as a treatment of ulcerative colitis, it has not been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for medical use, and data on human subjects is lacking
