Because the amino acid cysteine is a substrate for the rate-limiting step in the production of glutathione, it's important to make sure you're getting enough through diet and/or NAC supplementation
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Notably, RT-qPCR analysis showed a sharp increase in OCT4 mRNA expression, a marker of pluripotent stem cells and essential for TIC self-renewal [33], in the colonies formed in 3D gels relative to 2D culture conditions (Fig
2a), by separately tracking the accumulation of different top strand (FAM+ products) as well as bottom strand (HEX+ products) with increasing time in cells
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This phospholipid bilayer acts as a protective "suit of armor" for the glutathione