De novo-synthesized ceramide is involved in cannabinoid-induced apoptosis

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 363, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 183-188

  Del Pulgar, Teresa Gómez ^a   Velasco, Guillermo ^a   Sánchez, Cristina ^a   Haro, Amador ^a   Guzmán, Manuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Extracellular signal regulated kinase; G protein coupled receptor; Glioma; Protein kinase B; Serine palmitoyl transferase

Indexed keywords

CELLS; PROTEINS; RNA; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

APOPTOSIS;

BIOCHEMISTRY;

CANNABINOID; CERAMIDE; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN KINASE B; SERINE PALMITOYLTRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHOLIPID SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ACYLTRANSFERASES; ANIMALS; ANTIMETABOLITES; APOPTOSIS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CANNABINOIDS; CERAMIDES; CYCLOSERINE; GLIOMA; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-AKT; RATS; RNA, MESSENGER; SERINE C-PALMITOYLTRANSFERASE; TIME FACTORS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0036534724     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/0264-6021:3630183     Document Type: Article

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