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Julia E. Raftos
Researcher at Macquarie University
Publications - 26
Citations - 829
Julia E. Raftos is an academic researcher from Macquarie University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Glutathione & Antioxidant. The author has an hindex of 16, co-authored 26 publications receiving 772 citations. Previous affiliations of Julia E. Raftos include University of Sydney & Australian Red Cross.
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Generation of normal human red cell volume, hemoglobin content, and membrane area distributions by "birth" or regulation?
TL;DR: Using flow cytometry and osmotic lysis measurements, the means and coefficients of variation of the following red cell (RBC) properties: hemoglobin content, volume, Hb concentration, and relative lytic tonicity distributions in populations of normal human RBCs, before and after density fractionation are documented.
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The formation and regression of synapses during the re-innervation of axolotl striated muscles.
Max R. Bennett,Julia E. Raftos +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a study of the formation and regression of synapses formed by spinal nerves 16 and 17 in axolotl hind-limb flexor muscles following the severing of nerve 16, using histological, ultrastructural and electrophysiological techniques was made.
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Glutathione Synthesis and Turnover in the Human Erythrocyte ALIGNMENT OF A MODEL BASED ON DETAILED ENZYME KINETICS WITH EXPERIMENTAL DATA
TL;DR: Analysis indicated that feedback inhibition of γ-glutamate-cysteine ligase by glutathione had a limited effect on steady-state glutathion concentrations and was not sufficiently potent to return glutATHione concentrations to normal levels in erythrocytes exposed to sustained increases in oxidative load.
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Role of N-acetylcysteine and cystine in glutathione synthesis in human erythrocytes.
TL;DR: The mechanism of action of therapeutically administered N-acetylcysteine is to reduce plasma cystine to cysteine that then enters the RBC and sustains glutathione synthesis.
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Kinetics of uptake and deacetylation of N-acetylcysteine by human erythrocytes
TL;DR: It is concluded that on oral administration, intracellular deacetylation of N-acetylcysteine supplies little of the cysteine required for accelerated glutathione production and acts by freeing bound Cysteine in the plasma that then enters the erythrocytes.