Role of zinc ions in ricin-induced apoptosis in U937 cells

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 141-151

  Tamura, Tadashi ^a   Sadakata, Noriko ^a   Oda, Tatsuya ^a   Muramatsu, Tsuyoshi ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Caspases; Glutathione; Ricin; Zinc

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; CASPASE 6; CASPASE 9; DANSYL CHLORIDE; DANSYLAMINOETHYL CYCLEN; DNA FRAGMENT; GLUTATHIONE; METALLOPROTEIN; PROTEINASE; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; RICIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC CHLORIDE; ZINC ION;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CELL LEVEL; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL STRAIN U937; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DNA DAMAGE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MORPHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPLETION;

APOPTOSIS; ASTRINGENTS; CASPASES; DNA FRAGMENTATION; HUMANS; RICIN; U937 CELLS; ZINC SULFATE;

OXY;

EID: 0037077029     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4274(02)00078-4     Document Type: Article

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