The endocannabinoid anandamide induces apoptosis of rat decidual cells through a mechanism involving ceramide synthesis and p38 MAPK activation

Apoptosis

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1526-1535

  Fonseca, B M ^a,b   Correia Da Silva, G ^a,b   Teixeira, N A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Anandamide; Apoptosis; Decidual cells

Indexed keywords

1 (2,4 DICHLOROPHENYL) 5 (4 IODOPHENYL) 4 METHYL N (1 PIPERIDYL) 1H PYRAZOLE 3 CARBOXAMIDE; ANANDAMIDE; CANNABINOID 1 RECEPTOR; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 7; CERAMIDE; CYCLOSERINE; FUMONISIN B1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE P38; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL STRESS; CELL VIABILITY; CELLS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECIDUA; DECIDUAL CELL; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; EXPERIMENTAL RAT; FEMALE; LIPOGENESIS; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIMARY CELL CULTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REDUCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

RATTUS;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; ARACHIDONIC ACIDS; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 7; CELLS, CULTURED; CERAMIDES; DECIDUA; ENDOCANNABINOIDS; FEMALE; MITOCHONDRIA; P38 MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; PHOSPHORYLATION; POLYUNSATURATED ALKAMIDES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; RECEPTOR, CANNABINOID, CB1; RECEPTOR, CANNABINOID, CB2;

EID: 84889101230     PISSN: 13608185     EISSN: 1573675X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10495-013-0892-9     Document Type: Article

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