Interleukin-6 protects MIN6 β cells from cytokine-induced apoptosis

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1005, Issue , 2003, Pages 242-249

  Park, Hyewon ^a   Ahn, Yuhern ^a   Park, Chung Kyu ^a   Chung, Hee Yong ^a   Park, Yongsoo ^a,b  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Hanyang University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; IL 6; NF B; NO

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; N(G) METHYLARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN BCL XL; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; APOPTOSIS; CELL LINE; CELL PROTECTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; INCUBATION TIME; INHIBITION KINETICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 1942539048     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1288.036     Document Type: Conference Paper

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