Caspase-mediated cleavage of actin and tubulin is a common feature and sensitive marker of axonal degeneration in neural development and injury

Acta Neuropathologica Communications

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Sokolowski, Jennifer D ^a   Gamage, Kanchana K ^a   Heffron, Daniel S ^a   LeBlanc, Andrea C ^b   Deppmann, Christopher D ^a   Mandell, James W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Axon; Caspase; Cytoskeleton; Degeneration; Pruning

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ALCOHOL; CASPASE; CENTRAL DEPRESSANT AGENT; NERVE PROTEIN; PROTEIN BAX; TUBULIN;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ANIMAL; APOPTOSIS; C57BL MOUSE; CELL CULTURE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; COMPLICATION; CYTOLOGY; DEFICIENCY; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MALE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; SUPERIOR CERVICAL GANGLION; WALLERIAN DEGENERATION;

ACTINS; ADULT; ALCOHOLIC NEUROPATHY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; APOPTOSIS; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; CASPASES; CELLS, CULTURED; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ETHANOL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SUPERIOR CERVICAL GANGLION; TUBULIN; WALLERIAN DEGENERATION;

EID: 84921269752     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20515960     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2051-5960-2-16     Document Type: Article

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