Modulation of the PI3K/AKT pathway and Bcl-2 family proteins involved in chicken’s tubular apoptosis induced by nickel chloride (NiCL2)

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 22989-23011

  Guo, Hongrui ^a   Cui, Hengmin ^a   Peng, Xi ^a   Fang, Jing ^a   Zuo, Zhicai ^a   Deng, Junliang ^a   Wang, Xun ^a   Wu, Bangyuan ^a   Chen, Kejie ^a   Deng, Jie ^a  

^a SICHUAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Bcl 2; Mitochondria; NiCL2; PI3K Akt pathway

Indexed keywords

APOPTOSIS INDUCING FACTOR; BETA ACTIN; ENDONUCLEASE G; MESSENGER RNA; NICKEL CHLORIDE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PROTEIN BAK; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN KINASE B; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE; NICKEL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BROILER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FOOD INTAKE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TUNEL ASSAY; ANIMAL; CHICKEN; DRUG EFFECTS; KIDNEY; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRION; PATHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CHICKENS; KIDNEY; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL, MITOCHONDRIAL; MITOCHONDRIA; NICKEL; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3-KINASES; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-AKT; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84942291976     PISSN: 16616596     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms160922989     Document Type: Article

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