Upregulation of Fas and FasL expression in nicotine-induced apoptosis of endothelial cells

Methods and Findings in Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 13-18

  Cheng, X L ^a   Zhang, H ^a   Guo, D ^a   Qiao, Z D ^b  

^a SHANXI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; FAS ANTIGEN; FAS LIGAND; FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE; LIPOCORTIN 5; NICOTINE; PROPIDIUM IODIDE;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ATHEROGENESIS; DRUG EFFECT; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UMBILICAL VEIN; UPREGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANTIGENS, CD95; APOPTOSIS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CASPASE 3; CELLS, CULTURED; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FAS LIGAND PROTEIN; HUMANS; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC AGONISTS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UMBILICAL VEINS; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 77950900207     PISSN: 03790355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1358/mf.2010.32.1.1428742     Document Type: Article

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