Decreased production of reactive oxygen intermediates is an early event during in vitro apoptosis of rat thymocytes

Free Radical Biology and Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 533-542

  Wang, Ji Feng ^a   Jerrells, Thomas R ^b   Spitzer, John J ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIV MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Dexamethasone; Free radicals; Inhibitors of mitochondrial metabolism; Reactive oxygen intermediates (ROI); Thymocytes

Indexed keywords

FREE RADICAL; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; DNA CONTENT; IN VITRO STUDY; IONIZING RADIATION; MEDIATOR; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN AFFINITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCAVENGING SYSTEM; THYMOCYTE; TISSUE INJURY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029871825     PISSN: 08915849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0891-5849(95)02085-3     Document Type: Article

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