Increased carnitine-dependent fatty acid uptake into mitochondria of human colon cancer cells induces apoptosis

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 135, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1510-1514

  Wenzel, Uwe ^a   Nickel, Alexander ^a   Daniel, Hannelore ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Carnitine; HT 29 human colon cancer cells; Mitochondrial substrate oxidation; Superoxide anions

Indexed keywords

BENZOQUINONE; CARNITINE; CASPASE 3; CERAMIDE; DNA FRAGMENT; FATTY ACID; PALMITIC ACID; PALMITOYLCARNITINE; PROTEIN BCL XL; SCAVENGER; SUPEROXIDE;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL PROTECTION; CELL STRAIN HT29; COLON CANCER; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FATTY ACID OXIDATION; FATTY ACID TRANSPORT; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MITOCHONDRION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 20444408453     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/135.6.1510     Document Type: Article

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