Mitochondria-Dependent Apoptosis of Con A-Activated T Lymphocytes Induced by Asiatic Acid for Preventing Murine Fulminant Hepatitis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Guo, Wenjie ^a   Liu, Wen ^a   Hong, Shaocheng ^a   Liu, Hailiang ^a   Qian, Cheng ^a   Shen, Yan ^a   Wu, Xuefeng ^a   Sun, Yang ^a   Xu, Qiang ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASIATIC ACID; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CASPASE; CASPASE 8; CONCANAVALIN A; CYTOCHROME C; DEATH RECEPTOR; FAS ANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN BID; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIPROLIFERATIVE ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSOL; DRUG STRUCTURE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MITOCHONDRION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CASPASES; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONCANAVALIN A; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FEMALE; HEPATITIS; LIVER; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MITOCHONDRIA; PENTACYCLIC TRITERPENES; POLY(ADP-RIBOSE) POLYMERASES; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

MURINAE; MUS;

EID: 84866646250     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0046018     Document Type: Article

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