β-sitosterol decreases irradiation-induced thymocyte early damage by regulation of the intracellular redox balance and maintenance of mitochondrial membrane stability

Journal of Cellular Biochemistry

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 748-758

  Chun, Rong Li ^a   Zhou, Zhe ^a   Ru, Xin Lin ^a   Zhu, Dan ^a   Yu, Ning Sun ^a   Lin, Lin Tian ^a   Li, Lu ^a   Gao, Yue ^a   Sheng, Qi Wang ^a,b  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF RADIATION MEDICINE   (China)

^b NONE   (China)

Author keywords

sitosterol; Apoptosis; Irradiation; Radioprotection; Reactive oxygen species; Signal pathway

Indexed keywords

APOPTOSIS INDUCING FACTOR; CASPASE 3; CATALASE; CELL NUCLEUS DNA; CYTOCHROME C; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SITOSTEROL; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 1;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; CELL VIABILITY; COMET ASSAY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; DRUG STRUCTURE; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION PROTECTION; THYMOCYTE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANTILIPEMIC AGENTS; APOPTOSIS; APOPTOSIS INDUCING FACTOR; FEMALE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SITOSTEROLS; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 35048827985     PISSN: 07302312     EISSN: 10974644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcb.21326     Document Type: Article

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