“…Studies have shown that the expression of HspB1 can significantly decrease cellular the ROS level and upregulate the total glutathione level [82,83]. HspB1 may act in different ways to modulate cell intracellular redox status: (a) decreasing free radical production by reducing the activities of enzymes, including superoxide dismutase (SOD) [84,85] and catalase [85,86], or decreasing of intracellular iron to prevent its participation in free radical formation [87]; (b) scavenging free radicals by modulating the activity of antioxidant enzymes such as glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PDH) [88,89], glutathione reductase (GR) [90], and glutathione peroxidase (GPx) [85,90] to increase reduced glutathione (GSH) levels and downregulate ROS; (c) activating transcription factors, such as nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 (NRF2), thereby activating their target antioxidative enzymes [91]. Consistent with the abovementioned mechanisms, increased levels of sHSPs, together with multiple antioxidant molecules, including superoxide dismutase (MnSOD), thioredoxin reductase 2 (TXNRD2), glutathione (GSH), glutathione peroxidase (Gpx), were identified in thyroid tumors [92].…”