Characteristics of 7β-hydroxycholesterol-induced cell death in a human monocytic blood cell line, U937, and a human hepatoma cell line, HepG2

Toxicology in Vitro

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 245-251

  O'Callaghan, Y C ^a   Woods, J A ^b   O'Brien, N M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

7 hydroxycholesterol; Apoptosis; Caspase 3; Glutathione; HepG2; U937

Indexed keywords

7BETA HYDROXYCHOLESTEROL; CASPASE 3; CATALASE; GLUTATHIONE; OXYSTEROL; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; CASP3 PROTEIN, HUMAN; CASPASE; CHOLEST 5 EN 3 BETA,7 ALPHA DIOL; CHOLEST-5-EN-3 BETA,7 ALPHA-DIOL; CHOLESTEROL DERIVATIVE; DNA; DNA FRAGMENT;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL STRAIN HEPG2; CELL STRAIN U937; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NECROSIS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; CELL CULTURE; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; LIVER CELL; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; METABOLISM; MONOCYTE; PATHOLOGY; TIME;

APOPTOSIS; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CASPASES; CATALASE; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DNA, NEOPLASM; GLUTATHIONE; HEPATOCYTES; HUMAN; HYDROXYCHOLESTEROLS; MONOCYTES; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TIME FACTORS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; U937 CELLS; CASPASE 3; HUMANS;

EID: 0036090607     PISSN: 08872333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-6915(02)00050-9     Document Type: Article

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