Thrombin is an extracellular signal that activates intracellular death protease pathways inducing apoptosis in model motor neurons

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 64-80

  Smirnova, Irina V ^a,b   Zhang, Sherri X ^a,b   Citron, Bruce A ^a,b   Arnold, Paul M ^a,c   Festoff, Barry W ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Motor neuron; Neurodegeneration; Protease; Thrombin

Indexed keywords

THROMBIN;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL LOSS; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOUSE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM INJURY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMINO ACID CHLOROMETHYL KETONES; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL LINE; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE INHIBITORS; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DNA TOPOISOMERASES, TYPE I; DNA TOPOISOMERASES, TYPE II; ENDOPEPTIDASES; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME INHIBITORS; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANES; MICE; MOTOR NEURONS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THROMBIN;

EID: 0031813736     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4695(199807)36:1<64::AID-NEU6>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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