Molecular Mechanisms of Cell Death of Mycophenolic Acid-Treated Primary Isolated Rat Islets: Implication of Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Activation

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 2575-2577

  Kim, J Y ^a   Huh, K H ^a   Park, Y J ^a   Fang, Y ^a,b   Kang, C M ^a   Kim, Y S ^a,b  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; COLLAGENASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASE 4; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE P38; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; DENSITY GRADIENT CENTRIFUGATION; DOSE RESPONSE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS ISLET; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; CASPASE 3; CELL DEATH; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS; JNK MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; KINETICS; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; P38 MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW;

EID: 53149123640     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2008.07.123     Document Type: Article

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