Bcl-2 and Bax expression in adult rat hearts after coronary occlusion: Age-associated differences

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 275, Issue 1 44-1, 1998, Pages

  Liu, Lixin ^a   Azhar, Gohar ^a   Gao, Wei ^a   Zhang, Xiaomin ^a   Wei, Jeanne Y ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Apoptosis; Cardiomyocytes; Infarction; Ischemia; Programmed cell death

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HYPOTHESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0031843553     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1998.275.1.r315     Document Type: Article

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