The full name, Body Protection Compound-157, reflects its origin and the sequence position of this 15 amino acid fragment within the larger parent protein
Eight to ten days after differentiation, the differentiated adipocytes were stained with BODIPY (Sigma-Aldrich) or collected for RNA and protein extraction
Treatment of mice with citrate, saline, Di-Vetelact, or standard mouse feed pellets For citrate treatment, mice were injected intraperitoneally once per day with 77 mg/kg citrate solution (made up of 693 mg trisodium citrate, 77 mg citric acid, and 600 mg sodium in 100 ml H 2 O) from postnatal days 14 to 28, along with standard mouse feed pellets and drinking water
These results suggest that NAC prevents retinal degeneration in EAAC1 KO mice, but not in GLAST KO mice, at least partly by increasing the GSH levels and suppressing the oxidative stress levels in the retina