Crocin prevents the death of PC-12 cells through sphingomyelinase-ceramide signaling by increasing glutathione synthesis

Neurochemistry International

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 321-330

  Ochiai, Takashi ^a   Soeda, Shinji ^a   Ohno, Shigekazu ^a   Tanaka, Hiroyuki ^b   Shoyama, Yukihiro ^b   Shimeno, Hiroshi ^a  

^a FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ceramide; Crocin; GSH; Neuronal cell death; Sphingomyelinase

Indexed keywords

CERAMIDE; CROCIN; GLUTAMATE CYSTEINE LIGASE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; MAGNESIUM DEPENDENT NEUTRAL SPHINGOMYELINASE; SPHINGOMYELIN PHOSPHODIESTERASE; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; SYNTHETASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GLUTATHIONE METABOLISM; HUMAN CELL CULTURE; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MALNUTRITION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

CROCUS; CROCUS SATIVUS;

EID: 0345304238     PISSN: 01970186     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0197-0186(03)00174-8     Document Type: Article

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