Mechanical stress-induced apoptosis in the cardiovascular system

Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 78, Issue 2-3, 2002, Pages 105-137

  Wernig, Florian ^a   Xu, Qingbo ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Atherosclerosis; Heart failure; Mechanical stress; Signal transduction

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN P53;

ANIMAL; APOPTOSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CELL SURVIVAL; HUMAN; MECHANICAL STRESS; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CELL SURVIVAL; HUMANS; NF-KAPPA B; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN P53;

EID: 0036487487     PISSN: 00796107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6107(02)00008-1     Document Type: Review

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