Colchicine, a microtubule depolymerizing agent, inhibits myocardial apoptosis in rats

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 213, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 139-148

  Saji, Kenya ^a   Fukumoto, Yoshihiro ^a   Suzuki, Jun ^a   Fukui, Shigefumi ^a   Nawata, Jun ^a   Shimokawa, Hiroaki ^a,b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Colchicine; Microtubule; Myocytes; Polymerization

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN II; CASPASE 3; COLCHICINE; ISOPRENALINE; PACLITAXEL; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLYMERIZATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE NECROSIS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; RAT; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; CASPASE 3; CELLS, CULTURED; COLCHICINE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; MALE; MYOCARDIUM; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TIME FACTORS; TUBULIN MODULATORS;

EID: 35048879127     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: 13493329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.213.139     Document Type: Article

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