Calcium tsunamis: do astrocytes transmit cell death messages via gap junctions during ischemia?

被引:41
作者
Budd, SL [1 ]
Lipton, SA [1 ]
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[1] Harvard Univ, Brigham & Womens Hosp, Sch Med, CNS Res Inst, Boston, MA 02115 USA
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10.1038/2147
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Q189 [神经科学];
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071006 ;
摘要
Apoptosis seems to be a dignified method of cell death, dictated by an individual cell, but new evidence that astrocytes can send apoptotic signals to neighboring cells through gap junctions challenges this model and may explain slowly spreading damage to glia after an ischemic insult.
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