Protection of T cells from radiation-induced apoptosis by Cepharanthin®

International Immunopharmacology

Volumn 1, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 2091-2099

  Oyaizu, Haruki ^a   Adachi, Yasushi ^a   Yasumizu, Ryoji ^a   Ono, Minoru ^b   Ikebukuro, Kazuya ^a   Fukuhara, Shirou ^a   Ikehara, Susumu ^a  

^a KANSAI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Kaken Shoyaku Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Cepharanthin; Mitochondrial transmembrane potential ( m); Radiation

Indexed keywords

BERBAMINE; CASPASE 3; CEPHARANTHINE; CYCLEANINE; ISOTETRANDRINE; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN P53;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL PROTECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IRRADIATION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RADIATION; RADIATION INJURY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ADULT; ALKALOIDS; APOPTOSIS; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; BENZYLISOQUINOLINES; CASPASE 3; CASPASES; CELLS, CULTURED; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; DRUG COMBINATIONS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, BCL-2; GENES, P53; HUMANS; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANES; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MITOCHONDRIA; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; RADIATION-PROTECTIVE AGENTS; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN P53;

EID: 0034779880     PISSN: 15675769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1567-5769(01)00127-8     Document Type: Article

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