Ceramide induces caspase-independent apoptosis in rat hepatocytes sensitized by inhibition of RNA synthesis

Hepatology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 215-222

  Jones, Brett E ^a   Lo, Chau R ^a   Srinivasan, Anu ^b   Valentino, Karen L ^b   Czaja, Mark J ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASPASE; CERAMIDE; DACTINOMYCIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL STIMULATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME DEGRADATION; ENZYME REPRESSION; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE INACTIVATION; LIVER CELL DAMAGE; LIVER TOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PLOIDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; RAT; SECOND MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CASPASES; CELL LINE; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE INHIBITORS; DACTINOMYCIN; ENZYME INHIBITORS; INDOLES; LIVER; MALE; NF-KAPPA B; NUCLEIC ACID SYNTHESIS INHIBITORS; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PLOIDIES; POLY(ADP-RIBOSE) POLYMERASES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPHINGOSINE;

EID: 0032995916     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.510300146     Document Type: Article

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