Radiation-induced apoptosis in retinal progenitor cells is p53-dependent with caspase-independent DNA fragmentation

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1349-1356

  Herzog, Karl Heinz ^a   Schulz, Adriana ^a   Buerkle, Corina ^a   Gromoll, Christian ^b   Braun, Johann S ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b MARIENHOSPITAL STUTTGART   (Germany)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

irradiation; Caspase; Caspase independent; Cerebellum; Mouse retina

Indexed keywords

BENZYLOXYCARBONYLASPARTYLGLUTAMYLVALYLASPARTYL FLUOROMETHYL KETONE; CASPASE; DNA FRAGMENT; PROTEIN P53;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL PROTECTION; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; EXPLANT; EYE; GRANULE CELL; INCUBATION TIME; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION MUTAGENESIS; RETINA CELL; WHOLE BODY RADIATION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; APOPTOSIS; APOPTOSIS INDUCING FACTOR; CASPASES; CEREBELLUM; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; POLY(ADP-RIBOSE) POLYMERASES; RADIATION; RETINA; STEM CELLS; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN P53;

EID: 34147167012     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2007.05381.x     Document Type: Article

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