Tumor suppressive functions of ceramide: Evidence and mechanisms

Apoptosis

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 689-711

  Galadari, Sehamuddin ^a,b   Rahman, Anees ^a   Pallichankandy, Siraj ^a   Thayyullathil, Faisal ^a  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b Dubai   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Autophagy; Ceramide; Molecular targets; Senescence; Tumor suppression

Indexed keywords

APOPTOSIS REGULATORY PROTEIN; CERAMIDE;

ANIMAL; APOPTOSIS; AUTOPHAGY; CELL AGING; HUMAN; METABOLISM; NEOPLASMS; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; APOPTOSIS REGULATORY PROTEINS; AUTOPHAGY; CELL AGING; CERAMIDES; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84939947329     PISSN: 13608185     EISSN: 1573675X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10495-015-1109-1     Document Type: Review

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