Acidic environment causes apoptosis by increasing caspase activity

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 80, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1892-1897

  Park, H J ^a,b   Lyons, J C ^a   Ohtsubo, T ^a   Song, C W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Inha University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Acidic stress; Apoptosis; Bax; Caspases; PARP cleavage; pH

Indexed keywords

ACID; CASPASE; CASPASE 3; CELL DNA; DNA FRAGMENT; PROTEIN BAX;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE G1 PHASE; CELL PH; CELL POPULATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRAIN HL 60; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CLEAVAGE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKEMIA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STRESS; TUMOR GROWTH;

APOPTOSIS; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; CASPASE 1; CASPASE 3; CASPASES; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA FRAGMENTATION; ENZYME PRECURSORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HL-60 CELLS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; POLY(ADP-RIBOSE) POLYMERASES; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2;

EID: 0032788570     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6690617     Document Type: Article

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