Cystatin C induces apoptosis and tyrosine hydroxylase gene expression through JNK-dependent pathway in neuronal cells

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 496, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 100-105

  Liang, XueYun ^a,b   Nagai, Atsushi ^a   Terashima, Masaharu ^c   Sheikh, Abdullah Md ^a   Shiota, Yuri ^a   Mitaki, Shingo ^a   Kim, Seung U ^d,e   Yamaguchi, Shuhei ^a  

^a SHIMANE UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF NINGXIA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c TOKAI GAKUEN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^e Chung Ang University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Cystatin C; Differentiation; JNK; Neuron

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 9; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CYSTATIN C; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; RETINOIC ACID; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INDUCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYBRIDOMA CELL CULTURE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE CELL; NEUROFILAMENT; NICK END LABELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

APOPTOSIS; CELL LINE; CYSTATIN C; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; HUMANS; MAP KINASE KINASE 4; NEURONS; PROTEASE INHIBITORS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 79955719634     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2011.03.091     Document Type: Article

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