Early and Late Apoptosis Events in Human Transformed and Non-Transformed Colonocytes are Independent on Intracellular Acidification

Cellular Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 14, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 65-76

  Wenzel, Uwe ^a,b   Daniel, Hannelore ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Molecular Nutrition Unit   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Caspase 3 like activity; Flavonoids; Intracellular pH

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; FLAVONE; FLUORESCEIN; QUERCETIN;

ACIDIFICATION; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL TRANSFORMATION; COLON MUCOSA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FERMENTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 1442327911     PISSN: 10158987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000076928     Document Type: Article

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