Apoptosis in Down's syndrome: Lessons from studies of human and mouse models

Apoptosis

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 121-134

  Rueda, Noemí ^a   Flórez, Jesús ^a   Martínez Cué, Carmen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Down syndrome; Mouse models of Down syndrome

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; ANTIOXIDANT; CALCINEURIN; COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; FAS ANTIGEN; MESSENGER RNA; MICRORNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN BCL XL; PROTEIN P53; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ETS 2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NFAT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PREP1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LUNG INJURY; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CANCER PATIENT; CELL DEATH; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHROMOSOME 21; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DENTATE GYRUS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOWN SYNDROME; EPIGENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; MOUSE; NEOPLASM; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK FACTOR; SUBVENTRICULAR ZONE; TRISOMY 21;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BRAIN; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 21; CHROMOSOMES, MAMMALIAN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOWN SYNDROME; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA; LUNG DISEASES; MICE; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHENOTYPE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEIN C-ETS-2; RETINAL DISEASES; TRISOMY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84877149869     PISSN: 13608185     EISSN: 1573675X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10495-012-0785-3     Document Type: Article

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