Sex steroids do not prevent amylin-induced apoptosis in human cells

Experimental Cell Research

Volumn 241, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 265-268

  Schwingshackl, A ^a   Blasko, I ^a   Steiner, E ^d   Pozzilli, P ^b,c   Cavallo, M G ^c   Berger, P ^a   Grubeck Loebenstein, B ^a  

^a Inst Biomed Aging Res Austrian A   (Austria)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Amylin; Apoptosis; Estradiol; Islet amyloid polypeptide; Non insulin dependent diabetes mellitus; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

AMYLIN; ESTRADIOL; TESTOSTERONE;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DEGENERATION; CELL PROTECTION; CYTOTOXICITY; DIABETOGENESIS; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0031871203     PISSN: 00144827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/excr.1998.4017     Document Type: Article

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