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Protective effects of a calcium channel blocker on apoptosis in thymus of neonatal STZ-diabetic rats
(Elsevier GMBH Urban & Fischer Verlag, 2005)
Streptozotocin (STZ) is known to induce insulin-dependent diabetes in experimental animals. In STZ-induced diabetes atrophy of the thymus is caused by elevated intracellular calcium levels leading to apoptosis. Hyperglycemia ...
Simvastatin induces proliferation inhibition and apoptosis in C6 glioma cells via c-jun N-terminal kinase
(Elsevier Ireland Ltd., 2004)
The lipid-lowering drugs statins induce apoptosis in a variety of tumor cells. Here we investigated the apoptotic effect of the lipophilic statin simvastatin in C6 glioma cells and the underlying effects on intracellular ...