Intracellular signaling pathways involved in Gas6-Axl-mediated survival of endothelial cells

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 287, Issue 3 56-3, 2004, Pages

  Hasanbasic, Ines ^a   Cuerquis, Jessica ^a   Varnum, Brian ^b   Blostein, Mark D ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b AMGEN INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; GROWTH ARREST SPECIFIC PROTEIN 6; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PROTEIN; PROTEIN AXL; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN KINASE B; PROTEIN P12; PROTEIN P20; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WORTMANNIN;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE CONSTRUCT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UMBILICAL VEIN; WESTERN BLOTTING;

APOPTOSIS; CASPASE 3; CASPASES; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; CULTURE MEDIA, SERUM-FREE; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANES; NF-KAPPA B; ONCOGENE PROTEINS; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-AKT; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; RECEPTOR PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 4143083728     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00020.2004     Document Type: Article

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