The JNK- and AKT/GSK3β- Signaling Pathways Converge to Regulate Puma Induction and Neuronal Apoptosis Induced by Trophic Factor Deprivation

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Ambacher, Kristin K ^a   Pitzul, Kristen B ^a   Karajgikar, Meera ^a   Hamilton, Alison ^a   Ferguson, Stephen S ^a   Cregan, Sean P ^a  

^a ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE KINASE 3BETA; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN KINASE B; PUMA PROTEIN; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FKHRL1;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME INACTIVATION; ENZYME REGULATION; GRANULE CELL; MOUSE; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN INDUCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; APOPTOSIS REGULATORY PROTEINS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE KINASE 3; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; JNK MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; MICE; NEURONS; POTASSIUM; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-AKT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEINS;

EID: 84867061502     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0046885     Document Type: Article

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