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JOURNAL OF CLINICAL BIOCHEMISTRY AND NUTRITION
Volume 48, Issue 1, Pages 8-19Publisher
JOURNAL CLINICAL BIOCHEMISTRY & NUTRITION
DOI: 10.3164/jcbn.11-006FR
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myeloperoxidase; hypochlorous acid; chloramines; protein oxidation; neutrophil
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- Australian Research Council under the ARC Centres of Excellence [CE0561607]
- Discovery programs [DP0988311]
- National Health and Medical Research Council [570829]
- National Heart Foundation [G09S4313, G08S3769]
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There is considerable interest in the role that mammalian heme peroxidase enzymes, primarily myeloperoxidase, eosinophil peroxidase and lactoperoxidase, may play in a wide range of human pathologies. This has been sparked by rapid developments in our understanding of the basic biochemistry of these enzymes, a greater understanding of the basic chemistry and biochemistry of the oxidants formed by these species, the development of biomarkers that can be used damage induced by these oxidants in vivo, and the recent identification of a number of compounds that show promise as inhibitors of these enzymes. Such compounds offer the possibility of modulating damage in a number of human pathologies. This reviews recent developments in our understanding of the biochemistry of myeloperoxidase, the oxidants that this enzyme generates, and the use of inhibitors to inhibit such damage.
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