Cytoprotective effect of 2-carbomethoxy-2,3-epoxy-3-prenyl-1,4-naphthoquinone (CMEP-NQ) is mediated by the inhibition of BAK-dependent mitochondrial apoptosis pathway

• Do Youn Jun ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Do Youn Jun, Won Young Jang

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Laboratory of Immunobiology, School of Life Science and Biotechnology, College of Natural Sciences, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Korea

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• Won Young Jang ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Do Youn Jun, Won Young Jang

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Laboratory of Immunobiology, School of Life Science and Biotechnology, College of Natural Sciences, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Korea

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• Ki Yun Kim,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Validation

  Affiliation Laboratory of Immunobiology, School of Life Science and Biotechnology, College of Natural Sciences, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Korea

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• Mi Hee Woo,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Resources

  Affiliation College of Pharmacology, Daegu Catholic University, Gyeongsan, South Korea

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• Young Ho Kim

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: ykim@knu.ac.kr

  Affiliation Laboratory of Immunobiology, School of Life Science and Biotechnology, College of Natural Sciences, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Korea

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8827-8311

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