apoptosis

A potential therapeutic strategy for hepatic failure

harminka — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 12:51:52 -0500

Fulminant hepatic failure is a serious clinical disease and may threaten the life of patients. However, because of the damage of mass liver cells, the organ function is often irreversible due to the liver cell degeneration, swelling, or apoptosis.

How choline compounds change when apoptosis occurs?

harminka — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 07:10:51 -0500

Apoptosis is a programmed, active, highly selective mechanism of cell death. Abnormal regulation of apoptosis can lead to disorders such as cancer. The field of apoptosis research has undergone an explosion of new knowledge over the past decade.

Novel structure proteins could play a role in apoptosis

harminka — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 01:44:14 -0500

Isoforms from Novel Structure Proteins (NSP), a new family of genes discovered by researchers in the Sbarro Institute for Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine in Temple University's College of Science and Technology, could be involved in apoptosis or programmed cell death.

How does CO2 insufflation pressure affect proliferation and improve apoptosis?

harminka — Wed, 21 May 2008 10:50:16 -0500

Under 10 mmHg CO2 pressure, there were no obvious effects on MKN-45 cellsЎЇ proliferation and apoptosis. At 15 mmHg CO2 insufflation pressure, cells proliferation was inhibited and apoptosis improved. It may be that CO2 gas affected the growth of gastric cancer cells.

St. Jude researchers find key step in programmed cell death

harminka — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 04:04:10 -0600

Investigators at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital have discovered a dance of proteins that protects certain cells from undergoing apoptosis, also known as programmed cell death. Understanding the fine points of apoptosis is important to researchers seeking ways to control this process.

Homeless cells find temporary lodging

harminka — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 12:57:24 -0600

Sometimes healthy cells commit suicide. In the 1970s, scientists showed that a type of programmed cell death called apoptosis plays a key role in development, and the 2002 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine recognized their work. As apoptotic cells degrade, they display standard characteristics, including irregular bulges in the membrane and nuclear fragmentation.

Apoptotic cell death Extent affects risk factor for heart failure

harminka — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 23:36:19 -0500

Changes in the size, shape, and function of the heart (cardiac remodeling) contribute to the onset and progression of heart failure.

Scientists clarify molecular basis of interferon action

harminka — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 05:34:17 -0500

Scientists at the University of California, Santa Barbara have made a significant discovery relating to viral infections in humans.

Protein to shield pancreatic cancer cells from self-destruction

harminka — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 14:07:24 -0500

An overexpressed protein protects human pancreatic cancer cells from being forced to devour themselves, removing one of the body's natural defenses against out-of-control cell growth, researchers at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center report in the March issue of Molecular Cancer Research.

New method for fighting leukemia

harminka — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 23:58:29 -0600

Novel approach to cancer drug given major boost

harminka — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 09:45:29 -0600

Guardian gene's choices crucial to stopping cancer process

harminka — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 08:46:02 -0600