Midazolam activates the intrinsic pathway of apoptosis independent of benzodiazepine and death receptor signaling

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 343-349

  Stevens, Markus F ^a   Werdehausen, Robert ^b   Gaza, Nina ^c   Hermanns, Henning ^b   Kremer, David ^b   Bauer, Inge ^b   Küry, Patrick ^b   Hollmann, Markus W ^a,d   Braun, Sebastian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c Lukas Academic Hospital   (Germany)

^d ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 8; CASPASE 9; CASPASE INHIBITOR; FAS ASSOCIATED DEATH DOMAIN PROTEIN; FLUMAZENIL; MIDAZOLAM; N (2 QUINOLYL)VALYLASPARTYL (2,6 DIFLUOROPHENOXY) METHYLKETONE; PROTEIN BCL 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; B CELL LYMPHOMA; CELL PROTECTION; CELL TYPE; CLINICAL PATHWAY; CYTOTOXICITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOMA CELL LINE; MITOCHONDRION; NERVE CELL; NEUROBLASTOMA CELL; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BENZODIAZEPINES; CELL DEATH; CELLS, CULTURED; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HUMANS; JURKAT CELLS; MIDAZOLAM; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, DEATH DOMAIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 79960011122     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: 15328651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AAP.0b013e318217a6c7     Document Type: Article

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