Targeting WNT, protein kinase B, and mitochondrial membrane integrity to foster cellular survival in the nervous system

Histology and Histopathology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 495-504

  Chong, Z Z ^a   Maiese, Kenneth ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Akt; Apoptosis; Oxidative stress; Phosphatidylserine; Wingless

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; CYTOCHROME C; DNA FRAGMENT; GENOMIC DNA; PHOSPHATIDYLSERINE; PROTEIN BCL XL; PROTEIN KINASE B; WNT1 PROTEIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL VIABILITY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MICROGLIA; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PROTEIN TARGETING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; THROMBOSIS;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BCL-X PROTEIN; CELL DIVISION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SURVIVAL; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; CYTOCHROMES C; ENDOPEPTIDASES; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HUMANS; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICROGLIA; MITOCHONDRIA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEURONS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHOSPHATIDYLSERINES; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-AKT; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WNT PROTEINS;

EID: 1842454326     PISSN: 02133911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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