Make all cells in a dish apoptotic

[David Voehringer]

Irradiate them



In article <327B6241.2FDB at argo.net> "L. Beausang" <popeye at argo.net> writes:
>From: "L. Beausang" <popeye at argo.net>
>Subject: Re: Make all cells in a dish apoptotic
>Date: Sat, 2 Nov 1996 15:01:21 GMT

>Bogdan Djuricic wrote:
>> 
>> Does anybody have an idea how to make cells in a culture (e.g. thymocytes,
>> astrocytes, or hepatocytes) _all_ apoptotic within a short time-period, i.e.
>> shorter than needed for secondary necosis to appear.
>> Thanks,
>> Bogdan Djuricic
>> Biochemistry
>> Belgrade, YUry
>I think your best bet would be exposure to tumor necrosis factor alpha.
>If you are interested I could cite several references for you.

>-Lee Anne Beausang
>-- 
>MZ

David W. Voehringer
Department of Experimental Radiotherapy
Univ. of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
1515 Holcombe Bvld.
Houston, Tx. 77030
(713) 792-3797