
A cell-permeable peptide inhibitor TAT-JBD reduces the MPP+-induced caspase-9 activation but does not prevent the dopaminergic degeneration in substantia nigra of rats
Keywords: Akt/PKB; protein kinase B; Apaf-1; apoptotic protease activating factor-1; JNK; c-Jun N-terminal kinase; LEHD; Leu-Glu-His-Asp acid; MAPK; mitogen-activated protein kinase; MPP+; 1-methyl-4-phenylpyridinium ion; MPTP; 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydrop