Absence of volume regulatory mechanisms contributes to the rapid activation of apoptosis in thymocytes

American Journal of Physiology - Cell Physiology

Volumn 271, Issue 3 40-3, 1996, Pages

  Bortner, Carl D ^a,b   Cidlowski, John A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

cell shrinkage; flow cytometry; regulatory volume decrease; regulatory volume increase

Indexed keywords

ANISOMYCIN; CYCLOHEXIMIDE; DEXAMETHASONE; DNA; GLUCOCORTICOID; HYPERTONIC SOLUTION; HYPOTONIC SOLUTION; MANNITOL; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SUCROSE;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL KILLING; CELL VOLUME; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOID CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OSMOREGULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RAT; THYMOCYTE;

EID: 0029823496     PISSN: 03636143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.1996.271.3.c950     Document Type: Article

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