Overexpression of Akt (protein kinase B) confers protection against apoptosis and prevents formation of ceramide in response to pro-apoptotic stimuli

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 884-893

  Goswami, R ^a   Kilkus, J ^a   Dawson, S A ^a   Dawson, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Akt; Caspases; Ceramide; Neuroblastoma; PI3K

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; CERAMIDE; DNA FRAGMENT; GROWTH FACTOR; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PROTEIN KINASE B; STAUROSPORINE; WORTMANNIN;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NERVE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL GANGLION;

1-PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3-KINASE; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CASPASE 3; CASPASES; CELL LINE; CELL SURVIVAL; CERAMIDES; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME INHIBITORS; GANGLIA, SPINAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; NEURONS; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-AKT; STAUROSPORINE;

EID: 0033568294     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4547(19990915)57:6<884::AID-JNR14>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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