It provides much stronger cellular protection
Global, regional, and national cancer incidence, mortality, years of life lost, years lived with disability, and disability-adjusted life-years for 29 cancer groups, 1990 to 2017: A systematic analysis for the global burden of disease study
System x c is an exchange agency and the physiologic flows via this system are the entry of cystine into the cell coupled with the exit of glutamate from the cell (Bannai, 1986)
Additionally, severe IPTB reduced taurine levels ( P 0.05) and its taurine/cysteine ratio, an index of taurine synthesis from cysteine ( P 0.02), but enhanced S-adenosyl-L-methionine (SAM) levels ( P 0.05), in arterial cord blood