The role of glutathione in the regulation of apoptosis

European Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 238-245

  Hall, A G ^a,b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Cell death; Glutathione; Mitochondria

Indexed keywords

ENDONUCLEASE; GLUTATHIONE; PHOSPHATIDYLSERINE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; THIOL GROUP; PROTEIN BCL 2;

APOPTOSIS; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CELL DEATH; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CHROMATIN CONDENSATION; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ANIMAL; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRION; NEOPLASM; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; DRUG RESISTANCE; GLUTATHIONE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MITOCHONDRIA; NEOPLASMS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES;

EID: 0033088957     PISSN: 00142972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2362.1999.00447.x     Document Type: Review

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