Apoptosis induced by the histone deacetylase inhibitor sodium butyrate in human leukemic lymphoblasts

FASEB Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 14, 1999, Pages 1991-2001

  Bernhard, David ^a   Ausserlechner, Michael J ^a   Tonko, Martin ^a   Löffler, Markus ^a   Hartmann, Bernd L ^a   Csordas, Adam ^b   Kofler, Reinhard ^a  

^a Institute of General and Experimental Pathology   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Bcl 2; C myc; Caspase; CCRF CEM; P16 INK4A

Indexed keywords

BUTYRIC ACID; CASPASE; CASPASE INHIBITOR; DOXYCYCLINE; ENZYME INHIBITOR; HISTONE DEACETYLASE; PROTEIN BCL 2;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INHIBITION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GROWTH INHIBITION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKEMIA CELL; LYMPHOBLAST; ONCOGENE C MYC; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032729215     PISSN: 08926638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.13.14.1991     Document Type: Article

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