The Fas/Fas Ligand Death Receptor Pathway Contributes to Phenylalanine-Induced Apoptosis in Cortical Neurons

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Huang, Xiaodong ^a   Lu, Zhaohui ^a   Lv, Zhongwei ^b   Yu, Tingting ^a   Yang, Peirong ^a   Shen, Yongnian ^a   Ding, Yu ^a   Fu, Da ^b   Zhang, Xiaoping ^b   Fu, Qihua ^a   Yu, Yongguo ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b TONGJI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZYLOXYCARBONYLISOLEUCYLGLUTAMYLTHREONYLASPARTYL FLUOROMETHYL KETONE; CASPASE 12; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 8; FAS LIGAND; PHENYLALANINE;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL SURFACE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DOWN REGULATION; EMBRYO; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM STRESS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME MODIFICATION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UPREGULATION;

EID: 84881325655     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0071553     Document Type: Article

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