TGF-β-induced apoptosis and reduction of Bcl-2 in human lens epithelial cells in vitro

Current Eye Research

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 147-153

  Lee, Joon H ^a,d   Wan, Xiu Hua ^a,b   Song, Jeongmin ^a   Kang, Jimmy Jaeyoung ^a   Chung, Woo Sook ^a   Lee, Eunjoo H ^c   Kim, Eung Kweon ^a,d  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^c Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^d Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Bcl 2; Lens epithelium; TGF

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSE; CASPASE 3; DNA FRAGMENT; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; BAX PROTEIN, HUMAN; CASP3 PROTEIN, HUMAN; CASPASE; DNA; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; MESSENGER RNA; ONCOPROTEIN; TGFB2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA2;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA ISOLATION; ELECTROPHORESIS; EPITHELIUM CELL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; FRAGMENTATION REACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LENS EPITHELIUM; NICK END LABELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WESTERN BLOTTING; CELL CULTURE; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; LENS; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PROTO ONCOGENE;

APOPTOSIS; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CASPASE 3; CASPASES; CELLS, CULTURED; DNA; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENES, BCL-2; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; POLY(ADP-RIBOSE) POLYMERASES; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA2;

EID: 0036770073     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/ceyr.25.3.147.13475     Document Type: Article

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