Cytoprotective effects of melatonin on C6 astroglial cells exposed to glutamate excitotoxicity and oxidative stress

Journal of Pineal Research

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 117-124

  Das, Arabinda ^a   Belagodu, Amogh ^a   Reiter, Russel J ^b   Ray, Swapan K ^c   Banik, Naren L ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; C6 astroglial cells; Cytoprotective effects; Glutamate; H 2O2; Melatonin

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CALCIUM; CALPAIN; CASPASE 3; FODRIN; GLUTAMIC ACID; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MELATONIN; MELATONIN 1 RECEPTOR; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; SCAVENGER;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL DEATH; CELL PROTECTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXCITOTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; RAT; STAINING; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; APOPTOSIS; ASTROCYTES; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CALCIUM; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL SURVIVAL; GLUTAMIC ACID; MELATONIN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; RECEPTOR, MELATONIN, MT1; RECEPTOR, MELATONIN, MT2; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 49549085247     PISSN: 07423098     EISSN: 1600079X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-079X.2008.00582.x     Document Type: Article

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