Mitochondrial mechanisms of neural cell apoptosis

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1281-1289

  Polster, Brian M ^a   Fiskum, Gary ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bax; Bcl 2; Cytochrome c; Membrane permeability transition; Oxidative stress; p53

Indexed keywords

ADENINE NUCLEOTIDE TRANSLOCASE; APOPTOSIS INDUCING FACTOR; APOPTOTIC PROTEASE ACTIVATING FACTOR 1; BONGKREKIC ACID; CALCINEURIN; CALCIUM; CARDIOLIPIN; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 8; CASPASE 9; CYCLOSPORIN A; CYTOCHROME C; DNA FRAGMENT; FREE RADICAL; HUMANIN; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN; PROTEIN BAK; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN BCL X; PROTEIN P53; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; ROTENONE; SECOND MITOCHONDRIAL ACTIVATOR OF CASPASE; TRYPSIN; VOLTAGE GATED CHANNEL FORMING PROTEIN;

APOPTOSIS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MITOCHONDRION; NERVE CELL; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; CALCIUM; CASPASES; CYTOCHROMES C; MITOCHONDRIA; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONS; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN P53;

EID: 4544298249     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2004.02572.x     Document Type: Review

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