Inhibition by dexamethasone of transforming growth factor β1-induced apoptosis in rat hepatoma cells: A possible association with Bcl-xL induction

Hepatology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 959-966

  Yamamoto, Masahiro ^a   Fukuda, Kazunori ^b   Miura, Naoko ^a   Suzuki, Rie ^a   Kido, Toshitaka ^a   Komatsu, Yasuhiro ^a  

^a TSUMURA AND CO   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CANCER CENTER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN BCL XL; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEPATOMA CELL; HOST RESISTANCE; IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN INDUCTION; RAT; TUMOR CELL LINE; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BCL-X PROTEIN; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIVISION; DEXAMETHASONE; LIVER NEOPLASMS, EXPERIMENTAL; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; RATS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0031945984     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.510270410     Document Type: Article

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