L-Glutamine-induced apoptosis in microglia is mediated by mitochondrial dysfunction

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 196-206

  Svoboda, Nina ^a   Kerschbaum, Hubert H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

Ammonium; Cell death; Mouse; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 9; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMINASE; GLUTAMINE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN MITOCHONDRION; CELL LINE; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMATIN CONDENSATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISORDERS OF MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTIONS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; HYDROLYSIS; MICROGLIA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL LINE; CELLS, CULTURED; FEMALE; GLUTAMINE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROGLIA; MITOCHONDRIA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 67651174723     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2009.06828.x     Document Type: Article

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