Melatonin suppresses NO-induced apoptosis via induction of Bcl-2 expression in PGT-β immortalized pineal cells
- 6 September 2002
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Pineal Research
- Vol. 33 (3) , 146-150
- https://doi.org/10.1034/j.1600-079x.2002.02899.x
Abstract
In the present study, we investigated whether melatonin would prevent nitric oxide (NO)‐induced apoptotic death of PGT‐β immortalized pineal cells. To examine the protective effect of melat...Keywords
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