Alcohol-induced thymocyte apoptosis is accompanied by impaired mitochondrial function

Alcohol

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 99-105

  Wang, Ji Feng ^a   Spitzer, John J ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIV MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Apoptosis; Mitochondria; Rats; Thymocytes

Indexed keywords

3,3' DIHEXYLOXACARBOCYANINE; ALCOHOL; DNA FRAGMENT; ESCHERICHIA COLI LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; GLUTATHIONE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE;

ALCOHOLISM; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; COMPLICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CONTENT; ETIOLOGY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; RAT; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS ATROPHY;

EID: 0031026996     PISSN: 07418329     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0741-8329(97)86148-4     Document Type: Article

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