Aldehyde dehydrogenases: From eye crystallins to metabolic disease and cancer stem cells
Vasiliou V, Thompson DC, Smith C, Fujita M, Chen Y. Aldehyde dehydrogenases: From eye crystallins to metabolic disease and cancer stem cells. Chemico-Biological Interactions 2012, 202: 2-10. PMID: 23159885, PMCID: PMC4128326, DOI: 10.1016/j.cbi.2012.10.026.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsConceptsAldehyde dehydrogenaseHuman ALDH genesALDH gene familyNon-catalytic activitiesEukaryotic genomesGene familyALDH genesCancer stem cellsMolecular basisDependent enzymesStem cellsAldehyde metabolismOxidative stressNicotinamide adenine dinucleotideOxidation of aldehydesPathophysiological processesAdenine dinucleotideDehydrogenaseMetabolic diseasesGenomeImportant roleEmbryogenesisGenesStructural elementsCrystallins