Ceramide in the Molecular Mechanisms of Neuronal Cell Death. The Role of Sphingosine-1-Phosphate

Molecular Neurobiology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 26-37

  Czubowicz, Kinga ^a   Strosznajder, Robert ^a  

^a MOSSAKOWSKI MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Poland)

Author keywords

AIF; Ceramide; PARP 1; S1P; SH SY5Y

Indexed keywords

APOPTOSIS INDUCING FACTOR; CERAMIDE; GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE KINASE 3BETA; MESSENGER RNA; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSYLTRANSFERASE 1; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN KINASE B; SPHINGOSINE 1 PHOSPHATE; LYSOPHOSPHOLIPID; N-(OXO-5,6-DIHYDROPHENANTHRIDIN-2-YL)-N,N-DIMETHYLACETAMIDE HYDROCHLORIDE; PHENANTHRENE DERIVATIVE; SPHINGOSINE; SPHINGOSINE 1-PHOSPHATE;

ARTICLE; BRAIN MITOCHONDRION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN CELL CULTURE; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NEUROBLASTOMA CELL LINE; NEUROPROTECTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UPREGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; CELL DEATH; DRUG EFFECTS; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRION; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; TUMOR CELL LINE;

APOPTOSIS INDUCING FACTOR; CELL DEATH; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CERAMIDES; HUMANS; LYSOPHOSPHOLIPIDS; MITOCHONDRIA; NEURONS; PHENANTHRENES; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3-KINASES; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-AKT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPHINGOSINE;

EID: 84911006921     PISSN: 08937648     EISSN: 15591182     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12035-013-8606-4     Document Type: Article

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