Correlation between Bax overexpression and prion deposition in medulla oblongata from natural scrapie without evidence of apoptosis

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 451-460

  Lyahyai, Jaber ^a   Bolea, Rosa ^a   Serrano, Carmen ^a   Monleón, Eva ^a   Moreno, Carlos ^a   Osta, Rosario ^a   Zaragoza, Pilar ^a   Badiola, Juan J ^a   Martín Burriel, Inmaculada ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Bax; Bcl 2; Prion; Scrapie

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; PRION PROTEIN; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; RNA;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN SPONGIOSIS; CELL VACUOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DNA SYNTHESIS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL; NEUROPIL; NEUROPROTECTION; NEUROTOXICITY; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ISOLATION; SCRAPIE; SHEEP DISEASE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; BCL-X PROTEIN; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; PRIONS; PRPSC PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SCRAPIE; SHEEP; STATISTICS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 33749147892     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00401-006-0094-4     Document Type: Article

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