Icariin Prevents Amyloid Beta-Induced Apoptosis via the PI3K/Akt Pathway in PC-12 Cells

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 2015, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Zhang, Dongdong ^a,b   Wang, Zhe ^a   Sheng, Chenxia ^a   Peng, Weijun ^a   Hui, Shan ^a   Gong, Wei ^a   Chen, Shuai ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHONGSHAN HOSPITAL OF XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 MORPHOLINO 8 PHENYLCHROMONE; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN[25-35]; CASPASE 3; ICARIIN; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN KINASE B;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; MTT ASSAY; NEUROPROTECTION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PC12 CELL LINE; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RAT; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; UPREGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 84937158192     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2015/235265     Document Type: Article

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