Melatonin as a modulator of apoptosis in B-lymphoma cells

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1171, Issue , 2009, Pages 345-349

  Paternoster, Laura ^a   Radogna, Flavia ^b   Accorsi, Augusto ^a   Cristina Albertini, Maria ^a   Gualandi, Giampiero ^c   Ghibelli, Lina ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; B lymphoma cell lines; Epstein Barr virus; Melatonin; Reactive oxygen species

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; B CELL LYMPHOMA; BURKITT LYMPHOMA; CELL PROTECTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTE; LYMPHOMA CELL; NONHUMAN;

HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 4;

EID: 69149094768     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.04910.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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