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The antioxidant activity of hypotaurine on cell structure has primarily been studied utilizing artificial liposomes and isolated lipoproteins18. Most studies with whole cells have utilized sperm cells to study the effect of oxidative stress on cellular function in the presence of varying concentrations of hypotaurine1,4,11,14,19. In this paper we will report experiments performed using two in vitro model systems.
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Dupré, S., Costa, M., Spirito, A., Pitari, G., Rossi, P., Amicarelli, F. (1998). Hypotaurine Protection on Cell Damage by H2O2 and on Protein Oxidation by Cu++ and H2O2 . In: Schaffer, S., Lombardini, J.B., Huxtable, R.J. (eds) Taurine 3. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 442. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0117-0_3
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