Ceramide prevents motoneuronal cell death through inhibition of oxidative signal

Neuroscience Research

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 135-144

  Irie, Fumitoshi ^a   Hirabayashi, Yoshio ^a  

^a Institute of Physical and Chemical Research   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cell death; Ceramide; Glutathione; Lipid peroxidation; Motoneurons; Peroxynitrite; Reactive oxygen species; Sphingolipid

Indexed keywords

CERAMIDE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CYTOTOXICITY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NEUROPROTECTION; NITRATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ALDEHYDES; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BUTHIONINE SULFOXIMINE; CELL DEATH; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; CERAMIDES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EMBRYO; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FLUORESCEINS; FLUORESCENT DYES; GLIAL CELL LINE-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; GLUTATHIONE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MOTOR NEURONS; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TYROSINE;

EID: 0032748083     PISSN: 01680102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-0102(99)00077-2     Document Type: Article

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