Does ceramide play a role in neural cell apoptosis?

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 141-149

  Goswami, Raja ^a   Dawson, Glyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Caspases; Ceramide sphingomyelin; Protein kinases; Protein phosphatases

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; CATHEPSIN; CERAMIDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; PROTEIN KINASE; SPHINGOMYELIN;

APOPTOSIS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CATABOLISM; CELL CULTURE; CELL CYCLE; CELL HYPOXIA; ENZYMATIC ASSAY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME REGULATION; HUMAN; ISOTOPE LABELING; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CERAMIDES; HUMANS; NEURONS;

EID: 0034656034     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4547(20000415)60:2<141::AID-JNR2>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Short Survey

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