ferrostatin

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noun

Any of a group of inhibitors of non-apoptotic cell death induced by ferroptosis

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nounferrostatin (plural ferrostatins)

plural ferrostatins

  1. Any of a group of inhibitors of non-apoptotic cell death induced by ferroptosis

    However, although A549 cells do have activated RAS, we find that the addition of ferrostatin has no effect on heme-induced death of HO-1KO A549 cells (results not shown).

    2015 August 14, “How Heme Oxygenase-1 Prevents Heme-Induced Cell Death”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

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