Apigenin protects endothelial cells from lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced inflammation by decreasing caspase-3 activation and modulating mitochondrial function

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 17664-17679

  Duarte, Silvia ^a   Arango, Daniel ^a   Parihar, Arti ^a,b   Hamel, Patrice ^a   Yasmeen, Rumana ^a   Doseff, Andrea I ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIKRAM UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Flavonoids; Inflammation; Metabolism; Mitochondrial dysfunction

Indexed keywords

APIGENIN; CASPASE 3; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; ISOCITRATE DEHYDROGENASE; ISOCITRATE DEHYDROGENASE 3; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; SUPEROXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL PROTECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; INFLAMMATION; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; APIGENIN; APOPTOSIS; CASPASE 3; CATTLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; INFLAMMATION; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MITOCHONDRIA; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES;

EID: 84883468933     PISSN: 16616596     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms140917664     Document Type: Article

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