C-Jun NH2-terminal kinase activation is essential for up-regulation of LC3 during ceramide-induced autophagy in human nasopharyngeal carcinoma cells

Journal of Translational Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Sun, Ting ^a   Li, DanDan ^a   Wang, LinLin ^a   Xia, LiangPing ^a   Ma, JianGuo ^a   Guan, Zhong ^b   Feng, GongKan ^a   Zhu, XiaoFeng ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY CANCER CENTER   (China)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERAMIDE; LUCIFERASE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN C JUN; PROTEIN LC3; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTHRA(1,9 CD)PYRAZOL 6(2H) ONE; ANTHRA(1,9-CD)PYRAZOL-6(2H)-ONE; ANTHRACENE DERIVATIVE; LIGHT CHAIN 3, HUMAN; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ARTICLE; AUTOPHAGY; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME INDUCTION; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIGHT CHAIN; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NASOPHARYNX TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; TUMOR CELL LINE; UPREGULATION;

ANTHRACENES; AUTOPHAGY; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CERAMIDES; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; JNK MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 80053372589     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14795876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1479-5876-9-161     Document Type: Article

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