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Methylglyoxal induces apoptosis in Jurkat leukemia T cells by activating c-Jun N-terminal kinase.
Journal of cellular biochemistry - 1 Mar 2000
Du J, Suzuki H, Nagase F, Akhand A A, Yokoyama T, Miyata T, Kurokawa K, Nakashima I
Abstract excerpt
Methylglyoxal (MG) is a physiological metabolite, but it is known to be toxic, inducing stress in cells and causing apoptosis. This study examines molecular mechanisms in the MG-induced signal transduction leading to apoptosis, focusing particularly on the role of JNK activation. We first confirmed that MG caused apoptosis in Jurkat cells and that it was cell type dependent because it failed to induce apoptosis...
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