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CAV1 is a membrane protein involved in cell signaling and lipid metabolism

Glutathione (GSH) is a tripeptide composed of three amino acids: cysteine, glutamate, and glycine

(Simple Explanation) Oxidative stress occurs when there is an imbalance between: Free radicals (unstable molecules that damage cells) AND Antioxidants (your bodys defense system) Think of it like this: Oxidative stress = internal rusting of your cells When this process goes unchecked, it can damage: brain cells mitochondria (your energy production centers) blood vessels immune function Why This Matters in Long COVID Emerging research suggests that oxidative stress plays a central role in Long COVID (PASC)

This was observed after a frataxin minigene (made up of FXN exon1, CMV promoter, part of intron 1 and the entire exon 2) transfected into COS7 cells and HeLa cells showed splicing deficiency when the GAA dominant strand was transcribed ( 4 Oxidative stress in FRDA Oxidative stress has been implicated in the progression of neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimers Disease (AD), Parkinsons Disease (PD), and Huntingtons Disease (HD), as well as FRDA (Tamarit et al., 2016)

And then the membrane was incubated with mouse monoclonal anti-hexahistidine monoclonal antibody (Sigma) diluted (1:3000) in TTBS at 37C for 1 h