Propofol induces rat embryonic neural stem cell apoptosis by activating both extrinsic and intrinsic pathways

Molecular Medicine Reports

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1123-1128

  Zou, Wei Wei ^a   Xiao, Hua Ping ^b   Gu, Miao Ning ^c   Liu, Ke Xuan ^d   Liu, Zhi Qun ^a  

^a ZHONGSHAN HOSPITAL OF FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Cancer Hospital of Jiangxi Province   (China)

^c SOUTHERN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Neural stem cells; Propofol

Indexed keywords

BETA ACTIN; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 8; CASPASE 9; CYTOCHROME C; NESTIN; PROPOFOL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL CULTURE; CELL GROWTH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IN VITRO STUDY; NEURAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 8; CASPASE 9; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYTOCHROMES C; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; NESTIN; NEURAL STEM CELLS; PROPOFOL; RATS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84875252337     PISSN: 17912997     EISSN: 17913004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/mmr.2013.1298     Document Type: Article

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