CD44 promotes resistance to apoptosis in murine colonic epithelium

Journal of Cellular Physiology

Volumn 203, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 583-588

  Lakshman, Minalini ^a   Subramaniam, Venkateswaran ^a   Wong, Sophie ^a   Jothy, Serge ^a  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROXURIDINE; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 8; CASPASE 9; HERMES ANTIGEN; KI 67 ANTIGEN; MOLECULAR MARKER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; COLON MUCOSA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UPREGULATION; WHOLE BODY RADIATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD44; APOPTOSIS; CARCINOMA; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 9; CASPASES; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; COLON; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; KI-67 ANTIGEN; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MITOCHONDRIA; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 18244407517     PISSN: 00219541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcp.20260     Document Type: Article

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