Apoptosis inhibitory effect of the isothiourea compound, tri-(2-thioureido-S-ethyl)-amine

Immunopharmacology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 25-33

  Nagy, Eszter ^a   Mihalik, Rudolf ^a   Hrabák, András ^b   Vértesi, Csaba ^a   Gergely, Péter ^a  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b Molec Biol Pathobiochem   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Caspase; Etoposide; Isothiourea; Nitric oxide synthase

Indexed keywords

CASPASE; DNA FRAGMENT; ETOPOSIDE; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; THIOL DERIVATIVE; THIOUREA DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN HOMOGENATE; CELL LINE; CELL STRAIN HL 60; CEREBELLUM; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG INHIBITION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; FLUOROMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MACROPHAGE; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIGENS, CD95; APOPTOSIS; CASPASES; CEREBELLUM; DNA FRAGMENTATION; ETOPOSIDE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HL-60 CELLS; HUMANS; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANES; JURKAT CELLS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MITOCHONDRIA; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; RATS; THIOUREA; U937 CELLS;

EID: 0033999523     PISSN: 01623109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0162-3109(99)00183-6     Document Type: Article

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