| Literature DB >> 12485859 |
Sandrine Lépine1, Boris Lakatos, Pierre Maziere, Marie-Pierre Courageot, Jean-Claude Sulpice, Françoise Giraud.
Abstract
It is generally accepted that ceramide plays an essential role in apoptosis. In this study we suggest that in thymocytes, dexamethasone-induced apoptosis is mediated by sphingosine rather than ceramide, through the activation of an aSMase and a cerase in a caspase-dependent manner.Entities:
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Year: 2002 PMID： 12485859 DOI： 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2002.tb04631.x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Ann N Y Acad Sci ISSN： 0077-8923 Impact factor: 5.691