The role of radiation-induced and spontaneous apoptosis in the homeostasis of the gastrointestinal epithelium: A brief review

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 473-478

  Potten, Christopher S ^a   Booth, Catherine ^a  

^a CHRISTIE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; bcl 2; Epithelium; Intestine; Irradiation; p53; Stem cells

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN P53;

APOPTOSIS; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL RENEWAL; COLON MUCOSA; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION INJURY; SMALL INTESTINE MUCOSA; STEM CELL;

EID: 0031431891     PISSN: 03050491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-0491(97)00219-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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