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Participation of Bcl-2/Bax-alpha in glutamate-induced apoptosis of human glioblastoma cells.
Journal of neuro-oncology - 1 Sept 1999
Nishi T, Takahashi M, Ito H, Yoshihama I, Takada E, Mizuguchi J
Abstract excerpt
Glutamate has been shown to function as a toxic agent in neuronal and glial cells, as well as an excitatory neurotransmitter throughout the central nervous system. In the present study, we examined the effect of increasing glutamate concentration on the induction of apoptosis in the two human glioblastoma cell lines GB-4 and GB-12. Glutamate exposure caused cell death of GB-4 and GB-12 in a dose-dependent manner....
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