Enhanced apoptosis under low serum conditions in human glioblastoma cells by connexin 43 (Cx43)

Molecular Carcinogenesis

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 128-138

  Huang, Ruochun ^a   Liu, Ya Guang ^a   Lin, Ying ^b   Fan, Yan ^b   Boynton, Alton ^a   Yang, Dongzi ^a   Huang, Ruo Pan ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NORTHWEST HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; bcl 2; Connexin 43; Human glioblastoma; Phosphatidylinositol 3 OH kinase

Indexed keywords

2 MORPHOLINO 8 PHENYLCHROMONE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; APOPTOSIS INHIBITOR; CONNEXIN 43; PROTEIN BCL 2;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CARCINOGENICITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; GAP JUNCTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

1-PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3-KINASE; APOPTOSIS; CHROMONES; CONNEXIN 43; CULTURE MEDIA; ESTROGENS, NON-STEROIDAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; GENES, BCL-2; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMANS; MORPHOLINES; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0035162538     PISSN: 08991987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mc.1072     Document Type: Article

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