Ceramide-induced apoptosis occurs independently of caspases and is decreased by leupeptin

Cell Death and Differentiation

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 788-795

  Belaud Rotureau, Marc Antoine ^a,b   Lacombe, Francis ^a,c   Durrieu, Françoise ^b   Vial, Jean Philippe ^a,b   Lacoste, Laurent ^a   Bernard, Philippe ^a,b   Belloc, Francis ^a,b  

^a HAUT LÉVÊQUE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^c CNRS Bordeaux Segalen University   (France)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Calpain; Caspase; Ceramide

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; CALPAIN; CASPASE; CASPASE INHIBITOR; CERAMIDE; CHYMOTRYPSIN; FAS LIGAND; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LEUPEPTIN; PROTEASOME;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKEMIA CELL LINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0032880220     PISSN: 13509047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.cdd.4400552     Document Type: Article

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