Elevated Expression of Mitochondrial NADH Dehydrogenase Subunit 4/4L Genes in Vascular Endothelial Cells Undergoing Sphingosine-induced Apoptosis

Fuminori Kazama; Yutaka Yatomi; Tsukasa Ohmori; Shigemi Hosogaya; Yukio Ozaki

doi:10.1055/s-0037-1615634

Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Inhaltsverzeichnis

Thromb Haemost 2001; 85(03): 572-573
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1615634

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Elevated Expression of Mitochondrial NADH Dehydrogenase Subunit 4/4L Genes in Vascular Endothelial Cells Undergoing Sphingosine-induced Apoptosis

Fuminori Kazama

¹Department of Clinical Laboratory, Yamanashi Medical University Hospital and the Department of Laboratory Medicine, Yamanashi Medical University, Yamanashi, Japan

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Yutaka Yatomi

¹Department of Clinical Laboratory, Yamanashi Medical University Hospital and the Department of Laboratory Medicine, Yamanashi Medical University, Yamanashi, Japan

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Tsukasa Ohmori

¹Department of Clinical Laboratory, Yamanashi Medical University Hospital and the Department of Laboratory Medicine, Yamanashi Medical University, Yamanashi, Japan

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Shigemi Hosogaya

¹Department of Clinical Laboratory, Yamanashi Medical University Hospital and the Department of Laboratory Medicine, Yamanashi Medical University, Yamanashi, Japan

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Yukio Ozaki

¹Department of Clinical Laboratory, Yamanashi Medical University Hospital and the Department of Laboratory Medicine, Yamanashi Medical University, Yamanashi, Japan

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