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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 ...
Ginkgo biloba extract regulates differentially the cell death induced by hydrogen peroxide and simvastatin
(Elsevier Science Bv, 2006)
Several human diseases have been associated with the overproduction of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and subsequently various antioxidants emerged as potential therapeutic agents that scavenge ROS. As an oxidative stress ...