Neural cell apoptosis induced by microwave exposure through mitochondria-dependent caspase-3 pathway

International Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 426-435

  Zuo, Hongyan ^a   Lin, Tao ^a,b   Wang, Dewen ^a   Peng, Ruiyun ^a   Wang, Shuiming ^a   Gao, Yabing ^a   Xu, Xinping ^a   Li, Yang ^a   Wang, Shaoxia ^a   Zhao, Li ^a   Wang, Lifeng ^a   Zhou, Hongmei ^a  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF RADIATION MEDICINE   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Caspase 3; Microwave; Mitochondria; PC12 cells

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; CYTOCHROME C; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; CHROMATIN CONDENSATION; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FRAGMENTATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ENZYME MODIFICATION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROWAVE RADIATION; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SECRETION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRION; RADIATION RESPONSE;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CASPASE 3; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MICROWAVES; MITOCHONDRIA; NEURONS; RATS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84898415156     PISSN: 14491907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7150/ijms.6540     Document Type: Article

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