In neuronal cells, constitutively active JNK-induced cell death was suppressed by humanin, whereas pertussis toxin did not suppress it.
In plain wordsIn lab neuron cells, humanin reduced cell death driven by an active form of the JNK enzyme.
- Peptide
- Humanin
- Outcome
- DecreaseConstitutively active JNK-induced neuronal cell death
- Study
n: not reported in source
neuronal cells with constitutively active JNK- Outcome group
- Neuroprotection · Nervous system and cognition
- Studied dose
- Dose not stated
Source sentences
Pertussis toxin (PTX) suppressed APP-mediated cell death but not caJNK-induced cell death, which was suppressed by Humanin
1 context sentence(design, population, supporting numbers)
(ii) constitutively active (ca) JNK caused neuronal cell death and (iii) the pharmacological profile of caJNK-mediated cell death closely coincided with that of APP-mediated cell death.