Autophagy plays a protective role in free cholesterol overload-induced death of smooth muscle cells

Journal of Lipid Research

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2581-2590

  Xu, Kedi ^a   Yang, Yi ^a   Yan, Ming ^a   Zhan, Jianan ^a   Fu, Xiao ^a   Zheng, Xiaoxiang ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cell death; Cholesterol; Organellar stress; Smooth muscle cell

Indexed keywords

3 METHYLADENINE; ACETYLCYSTEINE; CHOLESTEROL; GAMMA GLUTAMYLGLYCINE; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 1 LIGHT CHAIN 3; RAPAMYCIN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPHAGY; CELL DEATH; CELL ORGANELLE; CELL STRESS; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELL VACUOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM STRESS; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MALE; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; AUTOPHAGY; CELL DEATH; CHOLESTEROL; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; MALE; MITOCHONDRIA; MYOCYTES, SMOOTH MUSCLE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; VACUOLES;

EID: 77956813124     PISSN: 00222275     EISSN: 15397262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1194/jlr.M005702     Document Type: Article

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