Novel roles for ceramides, calpains and caspases in kidney proximal tubule cell apoptosis: Lessons from in vitro cadmium toxicity studies

Biochemical Pharmacology

Volumn 76, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1323-1332

  Lee, Wing Kee ^a   Thévenod, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cell death; Nephrotoxicity; Reactive oxygen species; Signalling; Toxic metal

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CALPAIN; CASPASE; CERAMIDE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

APOPTOSIS; CELL INTERACTION; HUMAN; KIDNEY PROXIMAL TUBULE; NEPHROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

APOPTOSIS; CADMIUM; CALPAIN; CASPASES; CERAMIDES; HUMANS; KIDNEY TUBULES, PROXIMAL;

EID: 55949084836     PISSN: 00062952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2008.07.004     Document Type: Review

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