Estrogen protects neuronal cells from amyloid beta-induced apoptosis via regulation of mitochondrial proteins and function

BMC Neuroscience

Volumn 7, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Nilsen, Jon ^a   Chen, Shuhua ^a   Irwin, Ronald W ^a   Iwamoto, Sean J ^a   Brinton, Roberta Diaz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; CALCIUM; CYTOCHROME C; ESTRADIOL; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CELL COUNT; CELL PROTECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISORDERS OF MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTIONS; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG TARGETING; FEMALE; FETUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; NERVE CELL; NEUROPROTECTION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RAT;

AMYLOID BETA-PEPTIDES; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CALCIUM; CELL COUNT; CELLS, CULTURED; CYCLIN D1; CYTOCHROMES C; CYTOPLASM; DRUG INTERACTIONS; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FURA-2; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; MITOCHONDRIA; NEURONS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 33751201263     PISSN: 14712202     EISSN: 14712202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2202-7-74     Document Type: Article

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