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. 2018 Jul 10;12:466. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2018.00466

Table 1.

Ferroptosis-related genes that are transcriptionally regulated by Nrf2.

Gene symbol Gene name Reference
Glutathione-related
GCLM Glutamate-cysteine ligase modifier subunit Thimmulappa et al., 2002; Kwak et al., 2003; Lee et al., 2003
GCLC Glutamate-cysteine ligase catalytic subunit Thimmulappa et al., 2002; Kwak et al., 2003; Lee et al., 2003; Wu et al., 2011
GSS Glutathione synthetase Thimmulappa et al., 2002; Wu et al., 2011
SLC7A11 System xc- Sasaki et al., 2002
GPX4 Glutathione peroxidase 4 Lee et al., 2003; Salazar et al., 2006; Wu et al., 2011
GSR Glutathione reductase Thimmulappa et al., 2002; Kwak et al., 2003; Lee et al., 2003; Wu et al., 2011
TXN1 Thioredoxin 1 Kwak et al., 2003; Lee et al., 2003
TXNRD1 Thioredoxin reductase 1 Kwak et al., 2003; Lee et al., 2003; Wu et al., 2011
Iron-related
FTH1 Ferritin heavy chain 1 Lee et al., 2003; Pietsch et al., 2003; Wu et al., 2011
FTL Ferritin light chain Thimmulappa et al., 2002; Lee et al., 2003; Pietsch et al., 2003; Wu et al., 2011
TFRC Transferrin receptor 1 Lee et al., 2003
FPN1 (SLC40A1) Ferroportin Marro et al., 2010
MT1G Metallothionein 1G Sun et al., 2016a
HMOX1 Heme oxygenase 1 Alam et al., 1999; Lee et al., 2003
BLVRA Biliverdin reductase A Agyeman et al., 2012
BLVRB Biliverdin reductase B Wu et al., 2011; Agyeman et al., 2012
FECH Ferrochelatase Wu et al., 2011; Campbell et al., 2013
ABCB6 ATP binding cassette subfamily B member 6 Campbell et al., 2013
HRG1 Heme-response gene 1 Campbell et al., 2013
NAPDH regeneration
G6PD Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase Thimmulappa et al., 2002; Lee et al., 2003; Wu et al., 2011
PGD Phosphogluconate dehydrogenase Thimmulappa et al., 2002; Wu et al., 2011
ME1 Malic enzyme 1 Thimmulappa et al., 2002; Kwak et al., 2003; Lee et al., 2003; Wu et al., 2011
Transcription factors
PPARG Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma Cho et al., 2010
PPARGC1A Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma coactivator 1α Neymotin et al., 2011