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From the Townsend Letter
October 2015

Nrf2 Is a Master Regulator of Cytoprotective Responses Including Antioxidant, Anti-Inflammatory, Detoxification, Improved Mitochondrial Function, and Autophagy
by Martin L. Pall, PhD, and Stephen Levine, PhD
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58.    Pall ML, Levine S. Nrf2, a master regulator of detoxification and also antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and other cytoprotective mechanisms, is raised by health promoting factors. Acta Physiologica Sinica. 2015;67:1–18.

Martin L. Pall, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Biochemistry and Basic Medical Sciences, Washington State University

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Stephen Levine, PhD, founder and former CEO of the Allergy Research Group. stephen.levine1@gmail.com

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