Evidence of a direct role for Bcl-2 in the regulation of articular chondrocyte apoptosis under the conditions of serum withdrawal and retinoic acid treatment

Journal of Cellular Biochemistry

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 302-309

  Feng, Lixin ^a   Precht, Patricia ^a   Balakir, Richard ^a   Horton Jr , Walter E ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Cartilage; Cell culture; Human; Osteoarthritis; Programmed cell death

Indexed keywords

AGGRECAN; PROTEIN BCL 2; RETINOIC ACID;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; CARTILAGE CELL; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

AGED; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BLOOD; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; CELLS, CULTURED; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; RABBITS; RATS; TRETINOIN;

EID: 0031709623     PISSN: 07302312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4644(19981101)71:2<302::AID-JCB14>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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