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On the Clinical Pharmacology of Reactive Oxygen Species
Ana I. Casas, Cristian Nogales, Hermann A. M. Mucke, Alexandra Petraina, Antonio Cuadrado, Ana I. Rojo, Pietro Ghezzi, Vincent Jaquet, Fiona Augsburger, Francois Dufrasne, Jalal Soubhye, Soni Deshwal, Moises Di Sante, Nina Kaludercic, Fabio Di Lisa and Harald H. H. W. Schmidt
Rhian M. Touyz, ASSOCIATE EDITOR
Pharmacological Reviews October 2020, 72 (4) 801-828; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1124/pr.120.019422
Ana I. Casas
Department of Pharmacology and Personalized Medicine, Maastricht University, School of Mental Health and Neuroscience (MHeNS), Maastricht, The Netherlands (A.I.C., C.N., A.P., H.H.H.W.S.); H. M. Pharma Consultancy, Wien, Austria (H.A.M.M.); Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red sobre Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (CIBERNED), ISCIII, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas “Alberto Sols” UAM-CSIC, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria La Paz (IdiPaz), Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Autonomous University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain (A.C., A.I.R.); Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Falmer, United Kingdom (P.G.); Department of Pathology and Immunology, Medical School, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland (V.J., F.A.); Microbiology, Bioorganic and Macromolecular Chemistry, RD3, Faculty of Pharmacy, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Bruxelles, Belgium (F.D., J.S.); and Department of Biomedical Sciences (S.D., M.D.S., F.D.L.) and CNR Neuroscience Institute (N.K., F.D.L.), University of Padova, Padova, Italy
Cristian Nogales
Department of Pharmacology and Personalized Medicine, Maastricht University, School of Mental Health and Neuroscience (MHeNS), Maastricht, The Netherlands (A.I.C., C.N., A.P., H.H.H.W.S.); H. M. Pharma Consultancy, Wien, Austria (H.A.M.M.); Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red sobre Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (CIBERNED), ISCIII, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas “Alberto Sols” UAM-CSIC, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria La Paz (IdiPaz), Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Autonomous University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain (A.C., A.I.R.); Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Falmer, United Kingdom (P.G.); Department of Pathology and Immunology, Medical School, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland (V.J., F.A.); Microbiology, Bioorganic and Macromolecular Chemistry, RD3, Faculty of Pharmacy, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Bruxelles, Belgium (F.D., J.S.); and Department of Biomedical Sciences (S.D., M.D.S., F.D.L.) and CNR Neuroscience Institute (N.K., F.D.L.), University of Padova, Padova, Italy
Hermann A. M. Mucke
Department of Pharmacology and Personalized Medicine, Maastricht University, School of Mental Health and Neuroscience (MHeNS), Maastricht, The Netherlands (A.I.C., C.N., A.P., H.H.H.W.S.); H. M. Pharma Consultancy, Wien, Austria (H.A.M.M.); Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red sobre Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (CIBERNED), ISCIII, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas “Alberto Sols” UAM-CSIC, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria La Paz (IdiPaz), Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Autonomous University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain (A.C., A.I.R.); Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Falmer, United Kingdom (P.G.); Department of Pathology and Immunology, Medical School, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland (V.J., F.A.); Microbiology, Bioorganic and Macromolecular Chemistry, RD3, Faculty of Pharmacy, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Bruxelles, Belgium (F.D., J.S.); and Department of Biomedical Sciences (S.D., M.D.S., F.D.L.) and CNR Neuroscience Institute (N.K., F.D.L.), University of Padova, Padova, Italy
Alexandra Petraina
Department of Pharmacology and Personalized Medicine, Maastricht University, School of Mental Health and Neuroscience (MHeNS), Maastricht, The Netherlands (A.I.C., C.N., A.P., H.H.H.W.S.); H. M. Pharma Consultancy, Wien, Austria (H.A.M.M.); Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red sobre Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (CIBERNED), ISCIII, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas “Alberto Sols” UAM-CSIC, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria La Paz (IdiPaz), Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Autonomous University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain (A.C., A.I.R.); Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Falmer, United Kingdom (P.G.); Department of Pathology and Immunology, Medical School, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland (V.J., F.A.); Microbiology, Bioorganic and Macromolecular Chemistry, RD3, Faculty of Pharmacy, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Bruxelles, Belgium (F.D., J.S.); and Department of Biomedical Sciences (S.D., M.D.S., F.D.L.) and CNR Neuroscience Institute (N.K., F.D.L.), University of Padova, Padova, Italy
Antonio Cuadrado
Department of Pharmacology and Personalized Medicine, Maastricht University, School of Mental Health and Neuroscience (MHeNS), Maastricht, The Netherlands (A.I.C., C.N., A.P., H.H.H.W.S.); H. M. Pharma Consultancy, Wien, Austria (H.A.M.M.); Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red sobre Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (CIBERNED), ISCIII, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas “Alberto Sols” UAM-CSIC, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria La Paz (IdiPaz), Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Autonomous University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain (A.C., A.I.R.); Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Falmer, United Kingdom (P.G.); Department of Pathology and Immunology, Medical School, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland (V.J., F.A.); Microbiology, Bioorganic and Macromolecular Chemistry, RD3, Faculty of Pharmacy, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Bruxelles, Belgium (F.D., J.S.); and Department of Biomedical Sciences (S.D., M.D.S., F.D.L.) and CNR Neuroscience Institute (N.K., F.D.L.), University of Padova, Padova, Italy
Ana I. Rojo
Department of Pharmacology and Personalized Medicine, Maastricht University, School of Mental Health and Neuroscience (MHeNS), Maastricht, The Netherlands (A.I.C., C.N., A.P., H.H.H.W.S.); H. M. Pharma Consultancy, Wien, Austria (H.A.M.M.); Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red sobre Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (CIBERNED), ISCIII, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas “Alberto Sols” UAM-CSIC, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria La Paz (IdiPaz), Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Autonomous University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain (A.C., A.I.R.); Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Falmer, United Kingdom (P.G.); Department of Pathology and Immunology, Medical School, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland (V.J., F.A.); Microbiology, Bioorganic and Macromolecular Chemistry, RD3, Faculty of Pharmacy, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Bruxelles, Belgium (F.D., J.S.); and Department of Biomedical Sciences (S.D., M.D.S., F.D.L.) and CNR Neuroscience Institute (N.K., F.D.L.), University of Padova, Padova, Italy
Pietro Ghezzi
Department of Pharmacology and Personalized Medicine, Maastricht University, School of Mental Health and Neuroscience (MHeNS), Maastricht, The Netherlands (A.I.C., C.N., A.P., H.H.H.W.S.); H. M. Pharma Consultancy, Wien, Austria (H.A.M.M.); Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red sobre Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (CIBERNED), ISCIII, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas “Alberto Sols” UAM-CSIC, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria La Paz (IdiPaz), Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Autonomous University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain (A.C., A.I.R.); Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Falmer, United Kingdom (P.G.); Department of Pathology and Immunology, Medical School, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland (V.J., F.A.); Microbiology, Bioorganic and Macromolecular Chemistry, RD3, Faculty of Pharmacy, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Bruxelles, Belgium (F.D., J.S.); and Department of Biomedical Sciences (S.D., M.D.S., F.D.L.) and CNR Neuroscience Institute (N.K., F.D.L.), University of Padova, Padova, Italy
Vincent Jaquet
Department of Pharmacology and Personalized Medicine, Maastricht University, School of Mental Health and Neuroscience (MHeNS), Maastricht, The Netherlands (A.I.C., C.N., A.P., H.H.H.W.S.); H. M. Pharma Consultancy, Wien, Austria (H.A.M.M.); Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red sobre Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (CIBERNED), ISCIII, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas “Alberto Sols” UAM-CSIC, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria La Paz (IdiPaz), Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Autonomous University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain (A.C., A.I.R.); Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Falmer, United Kingdom (P.G.); Department of Pathology and Immunology, Medical School, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland (V.J., F.A.); Microbiology, Bioorganic and Macromolecular Chemistry, RD3, Faculty of Pharmacy, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Bruxelles, Belgium (F.D., J.S.); and Department of Biomedical Sciences (S.D., M.D.S., F.D.L.) and CNR Neuroscience Institute (N.K., F.D.L.), University of Padova, Padova, Italy
Fiona Augsburger
Department of Pharmacology and Personalized Medicine, Maastricht University, School of Mental Health and Neuroscience (MHeNS), Maastricht, The Netherlands (A.I.C., C.N., A.P., H.H.H.W.S.); H. M. Pharma Consultancy, Wien, Austria (H.A.M.M.); Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red sobre Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (CIBERNED), ISCIII, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas “Alberto Sols” UAM-CSIC, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria La Paz (IdiPaz), Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Autonomous University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain (A.C., A.I.R.); Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Falmer, United Kingdom (P.G.); Department of Pathology and Immunology, Medical School, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland (V.J., F.A.); Microbiology, Bioorganic and Macromolecular Chemistry, RD3, Faculty of Pharmacy, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Bruxelles, Belgium (F.D., J.S.); and Department of Biomedical Sciences (S.D., M.D.S., F.D.L.) and CNR Neuroscience Institute (N.K., F.D.L.), University of Padova, Padova, Italy
Francois Dufrasne
Department of Pharmacology and Personalized Medicine, Maastricht University, School of Mental Health and Neuroscience (MHeNS), Maastricht, The Netherlands (A.I.C., C.N., A.P., H.H.H.W.S.); H. M. Pharma Consultancy, Wien, Austria (H.A.M.M.); Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red sobre Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (CIBERNED), ISCIII, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas “Alberto Sols” UAM-CSIC, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria La Paz (IdiPaz), Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Autonomous University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain (A.C., A.I.R.); Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Falmer, United Kingdom (P.G.); Department of Pathology and Immunology, Medical School, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland (V.J., F.A.); Microbiology, Bioorganic and Macromolecular Chemistry, RD3, Faculty of Pharmacy, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Bruxelles, Belgium (F.D., J.S.); and Department of Biomedical Sciences (S.D., M.D.S., F.D.L.) and CNR Neuroscience Institute (N.K., F.D.L.), University of Padova, Padova, Italy
Jalal Soubhye
Department of Pharmacology and Personalized Medicine, Maastricht University, School of Mental Health and Neuroscience (MHeNS), Maastricht, The Netherlands (A.I.C., C.N., A.P., H.H.H.W.S.); H. M. Pharma Consultancy, Wien, Austria (H.A.M.M.); Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red sobre Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (CIBERNED), ISCIII, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas “Alberto Sols” UAM-CSIC, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria La Paz (IdiPaz), Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Autonomous University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain (A.C., A.I.R.); Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Falmer, United Kingdom (P.G.); Department of Pathology and Immunology, Medical School, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland (V.J., F.A.); Microbiology, Bioorganic and Macromolecular Chemistry, RD3, Faculty of Pharmacy, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Bruxelles, Belgium (F.D., J.S.); and Department of Biomedical Sciences (S.D., M.D.S., F.D.L.) and CNR Neuroscience Institute (N.K., F.D.L.), University of Padova, Padova, Italy
Soni Deshwal
Department of Pharmacology and Personalized Medicine, Maastricht University, School of Mental Health and Neuroscience (MHeNS), Maastricht, The Netherlands (A.I.C., C.N., A.P., H.H.H.W.S.); H. M. Pharma Consultancy, Wien, Austria (H.A.M.M.); Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red sobre Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (CIBERNED), ISCIII, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas “Alberto Sols” UAM-CSIC, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria La Paz (IdiPaz), Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Autonomous University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain (A.C., A.I.R.); Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Falmer, United Kingdom (P.G.); Department of Pathology and Immunology, Medical School, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland (V.J., F.A.); Microbiology, Bioorganic and Macromolecular Chemistry, RD3, Faculty of Pharmacy, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Bruxelles, Belgium (F.D., J.S.); and Department of Biomedical Sciences (S.D., M.D.S., F.D.L.) and CNR Neuroscience Institute (N.K., F.D.L.), University of Padova, Padova, Italy
Moises Di Sante
Department of Pharmacology and Personalized Medicine, Maastricht University, School of Mental Health and Neuroscience (MHeNS), Maastricht, The Netherlands (A.I.C., C.N., A.P., H.H.H.W.S.); H. M. Pharma Consultancy, Wien, Austria (H.A.M.M.); Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red sobre Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (CIBERNED), ISCIII, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas “Alberto Sols” UAM-CSIC, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria La Paz (IdiPaz), Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Autonomous University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain (A.C., A.I.R.); Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Falmer, United Kingdom (P.G.); Department of Pathology and Immunology, Medical School, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland (V.J., F.A.); Microbiology, Bioorganic and Macromolecular Chemistry, RD3, Faculty of Pharmacy, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Bruxelles, Belgium (F.D., J.S.); and Department of Biomedical Sciences (S.D., M.D.S., F.D.L.) and CNR Neuroscience Institute (N.K., F.D.L.), University of Padova, Padova, Italy
Nina Kaludercic
Department of Pharmacology and Personalized Medicine, Maastricht University, School of Mental Health and Neuroscience (MHeNS), Maastricht, The Netherlands (A.I.C., C.N., A.P., H.H.H.W.S.); H. M. Pharma Consultancy, Wien, Austria (H.A.M.M.); Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red sobre Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (CIBERNED), ISCIII, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas “Alberto Sols” UAM-CSIC, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria La Paz (IdiPaz), Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Autonomous University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain (A.C., A.I.R.); Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Falmer, United Kingdom (P.G.); Department of Pathology and Immunology, Medical School, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland (V.J., F.A.); Microbiology, Bioorganic and Macromolecular Chemistry, RD3, Faculty of Pharmacy, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Bruxelles, Belgium (F.D., J.S.); and Department of Biomedical Sciences (S.D., M.D.S., F.D.L.) and CNR Neuroscience Institute (N.K., F.D.L.), University of Padova, Padova, Italy
Fabio Di Lisa
Department of Pharmacology and Personalized Medicine, Maastricht University, School of Mental Health and Neuroscience (MHeNS), Maastricht, The Netherlands (A.I.C., C.N., A.P., H.H.H.W.S.); H. M. Pharma Consultancy, Wien, Austria (H.A.M.M.); Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red sobre Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (CIBERNED), ISCIII, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas “Alberto Sols” UAM-CSIC, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria La Paz (IdiPaz), Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Autonomous University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain (A.C., A.I.R.); Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Falmer, United Kingdom (P.G.); Department of Pathology and Immunology, Medical School, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland (V.J., F.A.); Microbiology, Bioorganic and Macromolecular Chemistry, RD3, Faculty of Pharmacy, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Bruxelles, Belgium (F.D., J.S.); and Department of Biomedical Sciences (S.D., M.D.S., F.D.L.) and CNR Neuroscience Institute (N.K., F.D.L.), University of Padova, Padova, Italy
Harald H. H. W. Schmidt
Department of Pharmacology and Personalized Medicine, Maastricht University, School of Mental Health and Neuroscience (MHeNS), Maastricht, The Netherlands (A.I.C., C.N., A.P., H.H.H.W.S.); H. M. Pharma Consultancy, Wien, Austria (H.A.M.M.); Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red sobre Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (CIBERNED), ISCIII, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas “Alberto Sols” UAM-CSIC, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria La Paz (IdiPaz), Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Autonomous University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain (A.C., A.I.R.); Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Falmer, United Kingdom (P.G.); Department of Pathology and Immunology, Medical School, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland (V.J., F.A.); Microbiology, Bioorganic and Macromolecular Chemistry, RD3, Faculty of Pharmacy, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Bruxelles, Belgium (F.D., J.S.); and Department of Biomedical Sciences (S.D., M.D.S., F.D.L.) and CNR Neuroscience Institute (N.K., F.D.L.), University of Padova, Padova, Italy
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Pharmacological Reviews October 1, 2020, 72 (4) 801-828; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1124/pr.120.019422
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