Synthesis of sphingosine is essential for oxidative stress-induced apoptosis of photoreceptors

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 1171-1180

  Abrahan, Carolina E ^a   Miranda, Gisela E ^a   Agnolazza, Daniela L ^a   Politi, Luis E ^a   Rotstein, Nora P ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL SUR   (Argentina)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALKALINE CERAMIDASE; CERAMIDE; CYTOCHROME C; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; PALMITIC ACID; PARAQUAT; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE INHIBITOR; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SPHINGOSINE; SPHINGOSINE 1 PHOSPHATE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; ENZYME INHIBITOR; LYSOPHOSPHOLIPID; N ACETYLSPHINGOSINE; N-ACETYLSPHINGOSINE; OXIDIZING AGENT; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; SPHINGOSINE 1-PHOSPHATE; SPHINGOSINE KINASE;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME RELEASE; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA NERVE CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; DRUG EFFECT; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NICK END LABELING; PATHOLOGY; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOCHROMES C; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; LYSOPHOSPHOLIPIDS; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL, MITOCHONDRIAL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; OXIDANTS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PALMITIC ACID; PARAQUAT; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES (ALCOHOL GROUP ACCEPTOR); PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS, VERTEBRATE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SPHINGOSINE;

EID: 77449107026     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.09-3909     Document Type: Article

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