Apoptotic cell death in neurons and glial cells: Implications for Alzheimer's disease

Japanese Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-5

  Kitamura, Yoshihisa ^a   Taniguchi, Takashi ^a   Shimohama, Shun ^b  

^a KYOTO PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Apoptotic cell death; Glial cell; Neuron

Indexed keywords

CASPASE; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN P53; STAT1 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APOPTOSIS; CELL DEATH; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GLIA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; NERVE CELL; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REVIEW;

EID: 0032967259     PISSN: 00215198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1254/jjp.79.1     Document Type: Review

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