A new role for phospholipase A2: protection of membranes from lipid peroxidation damage

Purification from pig liver of a protein which protects liposomes and biomembranes from peroxidative degradation and exhibits glutathione peroxidase activity on phosphatidylcholine hydroperoxides

Fulvio Ursini, Matilde Maiorino, Marialuisa Valente et al. · Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Lipids and Lipid Metabolism · 1982 · 880 citations

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Enzymology +15

Free Radicals, Lipid Peroxidation and Cancer

John T. Butler · British Journal of Cancer · 1982 · 514 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Cancer Biology, Oncology +14

Evidence for a peroxide-initiated free radical mechanism of prostaglandin biosynthesis.

Martin E. Hemler, William E.M. Lands · Journal of Biological Chemistry · 1980 · 476 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Catalysis +13

The influence of phospholipase A2 and glutathione peroxidase on the elimination of membrane lipid peroxides

Alex Sevanian, Samar F. Muakkassah-Kelly, Sylvia Montestruque · Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics · 1983 · 235 citations

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Lipid Biochemistry +15

Formation of lysophosphatidylcholine by human platelets in response to thrombin. Support for the phospholipase A2 pathway for the liberation of arachidonic acid.

M.L. McKean, J. Bryan Smith, M.J. Silver · Journal of Biological Chemistry · 1981 · 217 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Cell Biology +17