C2-ceramide as a cell death inducer in HC11 mouse mammary epithelial cells

Cancer Letters

Volumn 203, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 191-197

  Kim, Sung Hak ^a   Kim, Sung Chan ^a   Kho, Yoon Jung ^a   Kwak, Sung Wook ^a   Lee, Hong Gu ^a   You, Seung Kwon ^b   Woo, Jung Hee ^a,c   Choi, Yun Jaie ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Korea University   (South Korea)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Bcl 2 family; C2 Ceramide; Caspases; Cell death; HC11 cell

Indexed keywords

CASPASE; CERAMIDE; PROTEIN BAD; PROTEIN BAK; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN BCL W; RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BREAST EPITHELIUM; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE FUNCTION; MOUSE; NITROBLUE TETRAZOLIUM TEST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UPREGULATION;

EID: 0347985702     PISSN: 03043835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.canlet.2003.08.037     Document Type: Article

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