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. 2012 Jul 8;2012:624925. doi: 10.1155/2012/624925

Table 1.

Oxidative stress parameters in Parkinson's disease patients.

Observation Marker for oxidative stress Sampled region Outcome (versus control) References
In vivo MDA Blood, CSF [40]
GSH reductase Blood
Cu/Zn-SOD Blood
Superoxide Blood

In vivo HNE Plasma, CSF [42]

In vivo Lipoprotein oxidation Plasma, CSF [43]
Protein sulfhydryl groups Plasma, CSF
α-Tocopherol CSF

In vivo Cu/Zn/Mn-SOD activity Skin fibroblasts [44]
GPx activity Skin fibroblasts
Catalase activity Skin fibroblasts

In vivo Lipid oxidation products Plasma [19]
8-OHdG Urine

In vivo Markers of oxidative stress iPSCs [45]
Sensitivity to oxidative stress iPSCs

In vivo MDA Blood [41]
SOD activity Blood
GPx Blood

Postmortem Lipid peroxidation SN [38]
Reduced GSH SN
Total iron SN
Ferritin SN
GPx activity SN
Catalase activity SN

Postmortem Iron SN [39]
MAO-B SN
Cu/Zn-SOD SN
Heme oxygenase SN
GSH SN
Vitamin C SN

Postmortem GPx 4 SN [46]

Postmortem Protein oxidation Caudate nucleus [35]
Lipid peroxidation Frontal cortex
Protein nitration Caudate nucleus, putamen, frontal cortex
Total GSH Caudate nucleus, putamen, frontal cortex
Catalase Caudate nucleus, putamen, frontal cortex
SOD Caudate nucleus, putamen, frontal cortex
GSH reductase Caudate nucleus, putamen, frontal cortex
GPx Caudate nucleus, putamen

Abbreviations: 4-HNE: 4-hydroxynonenal, 8-OhdG: 8-hydroxydeoxyguanosine, CSF: cerebrospinal fluid, GPx: GSH peroxidase, GSH: glutathion, iPSCs: induced pluripotent stem cells, MDA: malondialdehyde, SN: substantia nigra, SOD: sodium dismutase, ↑: increased, ↓: decreased, ↔: not different.