Induction of Apoptosis by Ultrasound Application in Human Malignant Lymphoid Cells: Role of Mitochondria-Caspase Pathway Activation

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1010, Issue , 2003, Pages 163-166

  Firestein, F ^a   Rozenszajn, L A ^a   Shemesh Darvish, L ^a   Elimelech, R ^a   Radnay, J ^a   Rosenschein, U ^b  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Cavitation; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; CYTOCHROME C; PHOSPHATIDYLSERINE;

APOPTOSIS; B LYMPHOCYTE; BURKITT B CELL LYMPHOMA; CANCER CELL; CELL CYCLE; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CELL STRUCTURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSOL; GAMMA RADIATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOID CELL LINE; LYMPHOMA; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; MITOCHONDRION; RAJI CELL; T CELL LEUKEMIA; T LYMPHOCYTE; ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND THERAPY;

EID: 1342284295     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1299.027     Document Type: Conference Paper

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