Low concentration of ethanol induce apoptosis in HepG2 cells: Role of various signal transduction pathways

International Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 160-167

  Castaneda, Francisco ^a   Rosin Steiner, Sigrid ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PHYSIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ethanol; Gene expression; HepG2 cells; Protein kinases; Signal transduction; Transcription factors

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CASPASE 8; FAS ANTIGEN; FAS ASSOCIATED DEATH DOMAIN PROTEIN; FAS LIGAND; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN KINASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CARCINOMA CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 33750595727     PISSN: 14491907     EISSN: 14491907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7150/ijms.3.160     Document Type: Article

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