Inhibiting caspase-3 activity blocks beta-catenin degradation after focal ischemia in rat

NeuroReport

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 821-824

  Zhang, Hanfeng ^a   Gao, Xuwen ^a   Yan, Zhimin ^a   Ren, Chuancheng ^a,b   Shimohata, Takayoshi ^a   Steinberg, Gary K ^a   Zhao, Heng ^a,c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

catenin; Caspase 3; Focal ischemia; Glycogen synthase kinase 3 ; Stroke

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 3 INHIBITOR; GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE KINASE 3BETA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ISCHEMIA; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RAT; STROKE;

ANIMALS; BETA CATENIN; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CASPASE 3; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE INHIBITORS; GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE KINASE 3; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 43249127097     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNR.0b013e3282ffda72     Document Type: Article

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