Lithium inhibits ceramide- and etoposide-induced protein phosphatase 2A methylation, Bcl-2 dephosphorylation, caspase-2 activation, and apoptosis

Molecular Pharmacology

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 510-517

  Chen, Chia Ling ^a   Lin, Chiou Feng ^a   Chiang, Chi Wu ^a,c   Jan, Ming Shiou ^b   Lin, Yee Shin ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 2; CERAMIDE; ETOPOSIDE; LITHIUM; OKADAIC ACID; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASE 2A; PROTEIN BCL 2;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN METHYLATION;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CASPASE 2; CASPASES; CELLS, CULTURED; CERAMIDES; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ETOPOSIDE; LITHIUM; METHYLATION; MICE; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASE; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2;

EID: 33746265824     PISSN: 0026895X     EISSN: 15210111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1124/mol.106.024059     Document Type: Article

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