BIX
Chemical Name: 2-(3,4-Dihydroxyphenyl)-2-oxoethyl ester thiocyanic acid
Purity: ≥98%
Biological Activity
BIX is a BiP (Hsp70-5) ER chaperone inducer; induces BiP expression in vitro and in vivo. Protects against ER-stress induced cell death in neuronal and retinal cell lines. Also protects against ischaemia-induced hippocampal cell death in vivo.Technical Data
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Background References
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Effect of an inducer of BiP, a molecular chaperone, on endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress-induced retinal cell death.
Inokuchi et al.
Invest.Ophthalmol.Vis.Sci., 2009;50:334 -
Induction of BiP, an ER-resident protein, prevents the neuronal death induced by transient forebrain ischemia in gerbil.
Oida et al.
Brain Res., 2008;1208:217 -
A molecular chaperone inducer protects neurons from ER stress.
Kudo et al.
Cell Death Differ., 2008;15:364
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