Phycocyanin may suppress d-galactose-induced human lens epithelial cell apoptosis through mitochondrial and unfolded protein response pathways

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 215, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 25-30

  Ou, Yu ^a   Yuan, Zhijun ^a   Li, Kepeng ^a   Yang, Xuegan ^a  

^a CHINA PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; D Galactose; Human lens epithelial cell (hLEC); Mitochondrial pathway; Phycocyanin; Unfolded protein response

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; GALACTOSE; GLUCOSE REGULATED PROTEIN 78; GROWTH ARREST AND DNA DAMAGE INDUCIBLE PROTEIN 153; PHYCOCYANIN; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN P53;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL VIABILITY; CYTOTOXICITY; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LENS EPITHELIUM; MITOCHONDRION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN UNFOLDING;

APOPTOSIS; APOPTOSIS REGULATORY PROTEINS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CASPASE 3; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; DNA FRAGMENTATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GALACTOSE; HUMANS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MITOCHONDRIA; PHYCOCYANIN; TETRAZOLIUM SALTS; THIAZOLES; UNFOLDED PROTEIN RESPONSE;

EID: 84867609318     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: 18793169     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2012.09.017     Document Type: Article

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