In vivo delivery of a Bcl-xL fusion protein containing the TAT protein transduction domain protects against ischemic brain injury and neuronal apoptosis

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue 13, 2002, Pages 5423-5431

  Cao, Guodong ^a   Pei, Wei ^a   Ge, Hailiang ^a   Liang, Qinhua ^a   Luo, Yumin ^a   Sharp, Frank R ^b   Lu, Aigang ^b   Ran, Ruiqiong ^b   Graham, Steven H ^a,c   Chen, Jun ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bcl 2; Caspase 3, cytochrome c; Cerebral ischemia; Protein transduction; Stroke

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; CYTOCHROME C; HYBRID PROTEIN; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN BCL XL; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DISEASE MODEL; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RAT; RAT STRAIN; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 0036663014     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.22-13-05423.2002     Document Type: Article

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