Unraveling the ceramide-calpain-caspase connection in cadmium-induced apoptosis: A novel role for ceramides as activators of calpains. Focus on "Cadmium-induced ceramide formation triggers calpain-dependent apoptosis in cultured kidney proximal tubule cells"

American Journal of Physiology - Cell Physiology

Volumn 293, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Ciarimboli, Giuliano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BENZYLOXYCARBONYLASPARTYLGLUTAMYLVALYLASPARTYL FLUOROMETHYL KETONE; CADMIUM; CALCIUM; CALPAIN; CASPASE; CERAMIDE; FURA 2;

APOPTOSIS; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CELL CULTURE; CYTOSOL; EDITORIAL; ENZYME ACTIVATION; KIDNEY PROXIMAL TUBULE; KIDNEY TUBULE CELL; NEPHROTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CADMIUM; CALPAIN; CASPASES; CELL LINE, TRANSFORMED; CERAMIDES; KIDNEY TUBULES, PROXIMAL;

EID: 34548773009     PISSN: 03636143     EISSN: 15221563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00277.2007     Document Type: Editorial

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