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Dopamine induces phenotypic differentiation or apoptosis in a dose-dependent fashion: involvement of the dopamine transporter and p53.
Developmental neuroscience - 1 Jan 2001
Porat S, Premkumar A, Simantov R
Abstract excerpt
The effect of dopamine on the growth, phenotypes (morphological and biochemical) and programmed cell death (apoptosis) of the human neuronal NMB cell line was examined. Exposure to 20-50 microM of dopamine decreased cell growth, induced an apparent differentiated cell morphology and increased (3)H-dopamine uptake. At higher concentrations (100-300 microM) dopamine was neurotoxic and induced apoptosis, as reported...
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