This process is characterized by the accumulation of lipid peroxidation products and lethal reactive oxygen species (ROS) derived from iron metabolism and can be pharmacologically inhibited by iron chelators (e.g., deferoxamine and desferrioxamine mesylate) and lipid peroxidation inhibitors (e.g., ferrostatin, liproxstatin, and zileuton)
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Using a 1:100 ratio of mg tissue to L KME buffer (20 mM MOPS, 120 mM KCl, and 1 mM EGTA, pH 7.4), tissue was homogenized in 2 s bursts separated by a 2 s rest for a total of 10 s (or 3 cycles) at 16,600 rpm using IKA T25 digital Ultra-Turrax homogenizer
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