Could melatonin unbalance the equilibrium between autophagy and invasive processes?

Autophagy

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 126-128

  Coto Montes, Ana ^a,b   Tomás Zapico, Cristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b Faculty de Medicina   (Spain)

Author keywords

Autophagy; Cathepsin B; Cathepsin D; Cathepsin H; Harderian gland; Invasive process; Melatonin

Indexed keywords

CATHEPSIN B; CATHEPSIN D; CATHEPSIN H; MELATONIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; AUTOPHAGY; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL INVASION; DETOXIFICATION; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PINEALECTOMY; TUMOR GROWTH;

ANIMALIA; MESOCRICETUS AURATUS;

EID: 33645923392     PISSN: 15548627     EISSN: 15548635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/auto.2.2.2351     Document Type: Article

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