Bax signaling regulates palmitate-mediated apoptosis in C2C 12 myotubes

American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 295, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Peterson, Jonathan M ^a   Wang, Yan ^a   Bryner, Randall W ^a   Williamson, David L ^a   Alway, Stephen E ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Free fatty acids; Mitochondrial DNA; Skeletal muscle cells

Indexed keywords

BETA TUBULIN; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 9; DNA FRAGMENT; INSULIN; PALMITIC ACID; PROTEIN BAD; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN KINASE B; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MOUSE; MYOBLAST; MYOTUBE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; APOPTOSIS REGULATORY PROTEINS; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; CELL LINE; DNA FRAGMENTATION; MICE; MITOCHONDRIA, MUSCLE; MUSCLE FIBERS, SKELETAL; ONCOGENE PROTEIN V-AKT; PALMITIC ACID; PHOSPHORYLATION; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 57549106453     PISSN: 01931849     EISSN: 15221555     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00738.2007     Document Type: Article

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