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The redox cycling enzymes thioredoxin, thioredoxin reductase, sulfiredoxin, peroxiredoxin, GSH peroxidase, superoxide dismutase 1, and catalase, and several GSH S-transferases, which are the enzymes mediating the elimination of ROS, are all Nrf2 targets (242)